Echocardiographic abnormalities in Brazilian sickle cell patients
โ Scribed by Perla Vicari; Rita de Cassia Rosario Cavalheiro; Aparecida de Gouveia; Orlando Campos Filho; Maria Stella Figueiredo
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 217 KB
- Volume
- 78
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0361-8609
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