Lymphoma-type adult T-cell leukaemia-lymphoma with a bulky cutaneous tumour showing multiple human T-lymphotropic virus-1 DNA integration
β Scribed by N. Kato; H. Sugawara; S. Aoyagi; M. Mayuzumi
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 319 KB
- Volume
- 144
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-0963
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