Cutaneous lesions as the presenting sign of acute graft-versus-host disease following liver transplantation
โ Scribed by M. Schmuth; W. Vogel; G. Weinlich; R. Margreiter; P. Fritsch; N. Sepp
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 422 KB
- Volume
- 141
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-0963
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