Laproscopic Management of Wandering Biliary Ascariasis
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Laproscopic Management of Wandering Biliary Ascariasis
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عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports in Surgery
سال: 2012
ISSN: 2090-6900,2090-6919
DOI: 10.1155/2012/561563