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Severe acute pancreatitis: results of treatment

Franz Robert Apodaca-Torrez1, Edson José Lobo, Lilah Maria Carvas Monteiro

  • 1Surgical Gastroenterology, Department of Surgery, São Paulo School of Medicine, UNIFESP, Brazil. apodaca@uol.com.br

Revista Do Colegio Brasileiro De Cirurgioes
|November 24, 2012
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