Treatment of Radiation-Induced Hemorrhagic Duodenitis with Argon Plasma Coagulation

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ژورنال

عنوان ژورنال: Endoscopy

سال: 2004

ISSN: 0013-726X,1438-8812

DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-814193