Differential diagnosis of mastoid hypocellularity in human skeletal remains
β Scribed by Stefan Flohr; Uwe Kierdorf; Michael Schultz
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 565 KB
- Volume
- 140
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0002-9483
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