Boerhaave's syndrome-A case report & literature review

Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 111-112

  Radhika, Tirupur Swaminathan ^a   Bedi, Manmohan Singh ^a   Raju, Pooluvapatty Chinnaswamy ^a   Nagarajan, Muthialu ^a   Rao, Kolli Madhusudhana ^a   Muralidharan, Srinivasan ^a  

^a G KUPPUSWAMY NAIDU MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

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EID: 34447328557     PISSN: 09709134     EISSN: 09737723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12055-004-0058-z     Document Type: Article

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