Pancreatic insufficiency following abdominal irradiation.
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following abdominal irradiation . Pancreatic insufficiency
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عنوان ژورنال: Postgraduate Medical Journal
سال: 1980
ISSN: 0032-5473
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.56.661.804