A spontaneous adult right-sided Bochdalek hernia containing perforated colon

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A spontaneous adult right-sided Bochdalek hernia containing perforated colon

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عنوان ژورنال: JRSM Short Reports

سال: 2011

ISSN: 2042-5333

DOI: 10.1258/shorts.2011.011056