Ultrasonic “hole sign”: A reliable sign of perforation of the gallbladder?
✍ Scribed by Wing-Kay Chau; Kin-Bong Wong; Siu-Cheung Chan; Andy-Tsuda Na; Susan Chan; Jung-Shu Wang; Chak-Ming Wong
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 675 KB
- Volume
- 20
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0091-2751
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