Clinicopathological Conference: Massive Hematemesis Following Blunt Abdominal Trauma
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عنوان ژورنال: Academic Emergency Medicine
سال: 2003
ISSN: 1069-6563
DOI: 10.1197/s1069-6563(03)00359-2