Early atherosclerosis and Chlamydia pneumoniae infection in the coronary arteries
✍ Scribed by Eszter Hortoványi; György Illyés; Anna Kádár
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 873 KB
- Volume
- 9
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1219-4956
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