Fish-oil dietary supplementation in patients with Raynaud's phenomenon: a double blind, controlled, prospective study
β Scribed by Ricco, Jean Baptiste
- Book ID
- 123110267
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 272 KB
- Volume
- 11
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1097-6809
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