Structural basis of voiding dysfunction in megacystis microcolon intestinal hypoperistalsis syndrome
✍ Scribed by Udo Rolle; Prem Puri
- Book ID
- 118479513
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 1017 KB
- Volume
- 2
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1477-5131
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