Multidrug-Resistant Chronic Osteomyelitis Complicating War Injury in Iraqi Civilians
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection & Critical Care
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0022-5282
DOI: 10.1097/ta.0b013e31821b8622