Quantitative analysis of pulmonary vascular disease in total anomalous pulmonary venous connection in sixty infants
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Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
سال: 1992
ISSN: 0022-5223
DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5223(19)34743-9