Wandering spleen with chronic torsion
โ Scribed by Takeyuki Misawa; Kazuhiko Yoshida; Hiroaki Shiba; Susumu Kobayashi; Katsuhiko Yanaga
- Book ID
- 116215673
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 980 KB
- Volume
- 195
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0002-9610
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