Case Report: Severe Frostbite in Extreme Altitude Climbers—The Kathmandu Iloprost Experience
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عنوان ژورنال: Wilderness & Environmental Medicine
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1080-6032
DOI: 10.1016/j.wem.2018.03.003