Atherosclerosis and autoimmunity section V, Anti-endothelial cell antibodies and athrrosclerosis
β Scribed by Yehuda Shoenfeld; Dror Harats; Georg Wick; et al
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
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- 351
- Series
- Medicine and Dentistry 1995-2006: Subject Collection
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- Library
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