Atypical lung involvement in a patient with systemic juvenile xanthogranuloma
β Scribed by Baris Bakir; Emin Unuvar; Ege Terzibasioglu; Koray Guven
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 144 KB
- Volume
- 37
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0301-0449
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