A RARE COMPLICATION OF ANOREXIA NERVOSA: A CASE REPORT
✍ Scribed by Cátia Macedo; Rosa Soares; Rui Môço; António Furtado; José Alberto Silva; Rosário Capucho
- Book ID
- 117645124
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 57 KB
- Volume
- 19
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0953-6205
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