Iron overload in chinese patients with hemoglobin H disease
β Scribed by Dr. Hui-Chi Hsu; Chung-King Lin; Shyh-Haw Tsay; Elizabeth Tse; Chao-Hung Ho; Mo-Ping Chow; Chien-Hui Yung; Hong-Wen Peng
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 333 KB
- Volume
- 34
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0361-8609
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