Porphyria cutanea tarda in a patient with acute leukemia
✍ Scribed by Janice P. Dutcher; Michael Fisher; Morton Spivack; Peter H. Wiernik
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1986
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 513 KB
- Volume
- 23
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0361-8609
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