Diabetic hand infections and hyperbaric oxygen therapy
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عنوان ژورنال: ACTA ORTHOPAEDICA et TRAUMATOLOGICA TURCICA
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1017-995X
DOI: 10.3944/aott.2014.3225