Increase in number of sporadic inclusion body myositis (sIBM) in Japan
โ Scribed by Naoki Suzuki; Masashi Aoki; Madoka Mori-Yoshimura; Yukiko K. Hayashi; Ikuya Nonaka; Ichizo Nishino
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 263 KB
- Volume
- 259
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0340-5354
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