Pneumatosis Intestinalis: Do Not Excise These “Polyps”!
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Pneumatosis Intestinalis: Do Not Excise These “Polyps”!
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عنوان ژورنال: ACG Case Reports Journal
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2326-3253
DOI: 10.14309/crj.2014.4