Melanoma in twins. Cutaneous malignant melanoma in identical twins from a set of triplets
โ Scribed by Guy St-Arneault; Gerd Nagel; David Kirkpatrick; Robert Kirkpatrick; James F. Holland
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1970
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 500 KB
- Volume
- 25
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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