Arthritis in Kawasaki disease after responding to intravenous immunoglobulin treatment
β Scribed by Kyung-Yil Lee; Jin-Hee Oh; Ji-Whan Han; Joon-Sung Lee; Byung-Churl Lee
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 149 KB
- Volume
- 164
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0340-6997
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