Ruptured inflammatory aortic aneurysm with aortoenteric fistula and infected with Streptococcus pneumoniae: a review of the literature
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عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Surgery
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0972-2068,0973-9793
DOI: 10.1007/s12262-008-0038-4