FOLLOW UP IN LARGE BOWEL RESECTIONS: WERNICKE-KORSAKOFF’S SYNDROME
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Siena Academy of Sciences
سال: 2012
ISSN: 2279-8811,2279-882X
DOI: 10.4081/jsas.2009.76