Hepatic Echinococcus granulosus infection complicated by echinococcal cholangitis and duodenitis: Computed tomography findings
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عنوان ژورنال: Radiology of Infectious Diseases
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2352-6211
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrid.2016.06.001