The Significance of Meckel’s Diverticulum in Appendicitis — A Retrospective Analysis of 233 Cases
✍ Scribed by Torsten Ueberrueck; Lutz Meyer; Andreas Koch; Michael Hinkel; Rainer Kube; Ingo Gastinger
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 78 KB
- Volume
- 29
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-2313
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