Abdominal ultrasonography for patients with abdominal pain as a first-line diagnostic imaging modality
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1792-0981,1792-1015
DOI: 10.3892/etm.2017.4209