A Case of Radiation Hemorrhagic Gastritis Treated by Endoscopic Argon Plasma Coagulation
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عنوان ژورنال: Progress of Digestive Endoscopy(1972)
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0389-9403,2189-0021
DOI: 10.11641/pdensks.55.2_38