The role of transesophageal echocardiography in transplantation of an adult-sized kidney to a small child
โ Scribed by Lin, I-Hua; Lin, Chih-Peng; Lin, Feng-Sheng; Liu, Chih-Chung; Hung, Ming-Hui; Fan, Shou-Zen
- Book ID
- 122360185
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 406 KB
- Volume
- 50
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1875-4597
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