Perforation of the gallbladder with communicating pericholecystic abscess: ultrasonographic diagnosis
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Perforation of the gallbladder with communicating pericholecystic abscess: ultrasonographic diagnosis.
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عنوان ژورنال: Revista Española de Enfermedades Digestivas
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1130-0108
DOI: 10.4321/s1130-01082009000800007