Physiology

Principles and Practice of Surgery for the Colon, Rectum, and Anus, Third Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 29-64

  Schouten, W Rudolf ^a   Gordon, Philip H ^b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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