Aseptic necrosis of the femoral heads in sickle-A hemoglobin disease
โ Scribed by Sheldon Blau; David Hamerman; John Paul Jones Jr.; Donald Nagel
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1967
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 462 KB
- Volume
- 10
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0004-3591
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