Target Sign: Endoscopic Sign of the Colonic Perforation
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Target Sign: Endoscopic Sign of the Colonic Perforation.
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عنوان ژورنال: Acta Médica Portuguesa
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1646-0758,0870-399X
DOI: 10.20344/amp.8791