Oxidative stress of platelets and thrombocytopenia in patients with vivax malaria
β Scribed by Ozcan Erel; Huseyin Vural; Nurten Aksoy; Gonul Aslan; Mustafa Ulukanligil
- Book ID
- 108313546
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 88 KB
- Volume
- 34
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0009-9120
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