Mortality Risk in Necrotizing Fasciitis: National Prevalence, Trend, and Burden
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Mortality in necrotizing fasciitis.
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عنوان ژورنال: Surgical Infections
سال: 2020
ISSN: 1096-2964,1557-8674
DOI: 10.1089/sur.2019.277