Constitutional trisomy 8 and Behçet syndrome
✍ Scribed by Kristin Becker; Oliver FitzGerald; Andrew J Green; Mary Keogan; Ruth Newbury-Ecob; Lynn Greenhalgh; Stephen Withers; Edward J. Hollox; Patricia M.R. Aldred; John A.L. Armour
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 109 KB
- Volume
- 149A
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1552-4825
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