Use of ultrasonography to measure liver size in children
β Scribed by Kyoko Yokota; Yi Wang; Tomoko Ono; Kiyoka Omoto; Michiru Nakamura; Fukiko Kawai; Nobuyuki Taniguchi; Kouichi Itoh
- Book ID
- 105590614
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- Japanese
- Weight
- 624 KB
- Volume
- 28
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1346-4523
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