Treatment of colon pseudo-obstruction in Guillain-Barré syndrome
✍ Scribed by Joseph C. Yarze; Michael W. Lenihan; Thomas I. Soule; Craig A. Emblidge
- Book ID
- 119392002
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 26 KB
- Volume
- 96
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0002-9270
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