Treatment of oesophageal perforation: A multivariate analysis
โ Scribed by H. W. Tilanus; P. Bossuyt; M. E. Schattenkerk; H. Obertop
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1991
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 489 KB
- Volume
- 78
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-1323
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