Effect of wheat grass therapy on transfusion requirement in β-thalassemia major
✍ Scribed by Dharma R. Choudhary; Rahul Naithani; Inusha Panigrahi; Rajat Kumar; Manoranjan Mahapatra; Hara Prasad Pati; Renu Saxena; Ved P. Choudhry
- Book ID
- 107598398
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 210 KB
- Volume
- 76
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0019-5456
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