A surgical challenge: Idiopathic scrotal elephantiasis
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Idiopathic Scrotal Elephantiasis
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عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Urological Association Journal
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1920-1214,1911-6470
DOI: 10.5489/cuaj.1739