A CASE OF “CHRONIC EXPANDING HEMATOMA” PRESENTING 41 YEARS AFTER BLUNT THORACIC INJURY
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عنوان ژورنال: The journal of the Japanese Practical Surgeon Society
سال: 1995
ISSN: 0386-9776
DOI: 10.3919/ringe1963.56.1349