Simultaneous Echinococcal Cyst and Hepatocellular Carcinoma Without Underlying Liver Disease
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Echinococcal cyst of the liver: diagnosis and surgical management.
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عنوان ژورنال: Deutsches Aerzteblatt Online
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1866-0452
DOI: 10.3238/arztebl.2012.0846