Use of topical rectal therapy to preserve the rectum in surgery of ulcerative colitis
β Scribed by Luigi Gallone; Luciano Olmi; Vincenzo Marchetti
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1980
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 523 KB
- Volume
- 4
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-2313
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