Complicated Liver Echinococcosis: 30 Years of Experience from an Endemic Area
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عنوان ژورنال: Scandinavian Journal of Surgery
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1457-4969,1799-7267
DOI: 10.1177/1457496913491877