Premature myocardial infarction in a young woman with systemic lupus erythematosus
✍ Scribed by Nurşen Düzgün; Türkan Mete
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 158 KB
- Volume
- 27
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0172-8172
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