Thoracic aortic aneurysms after blunt trauma
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عنوان ژورنال: Turkish Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1306-696X,1307-7945
DOI: 10.5505/tjtes.2013.32457