The use of endoanal ultrasonography in identifying fistula-in-ano
β Scribed by M. A. Bernstein; J. J. Nogueras; E. G. Weiss; S. D. Wexner
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- German
- Weight
- 466 KB
- Volume
- 19
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0174-2442
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