Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy associated with inflammatory bowel diseases: questioning the autoimmunity hypothesis
โ Scribed by A. Ariatti; G. Ficarra; F. Girolami; R. Pentore; G. Galassi
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 45 KB
- Volume
- 24
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0179-1958
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