Downhill varices resulting from giant intrathoracic goiter
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Downhill varices resulting from giant intrathoracic goiter.
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عنوان ژورنال: Endoscopy
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0013-726X,1438-8812
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1215290