Enteroviruses and type-1 diabetes: Overview of epidemiological studies
✍ Scribed by Heikki Hyöty
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 34 KB
- Volume
- 81
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0146-6615
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