Idiopathic chronic polyserositis with massive ascites responding to colchicine in an adult: A case report
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عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports in Internal Medicine
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2332-7251,2332-7243
DOI: 10.5430/crim.v2n1p44