Sliding hiatus Hernia Simulating a Lung Abscess
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عنوان ژورنال: Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
سال: 1981
ISSN: 1738-3536,2005-6184
DOI: 10.4046/trd.1981.28.4.177