Presence of human herpesvirus-8 in inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the skin
✍ Scribed by MC González-Vela; JF Val-Bernal; FP Arce; J Gómez-Roman; MA González-López; JH Fernández-Llaca
- Book ID
- 111094787
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 200 KB
- Volume
- 21
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0926-9959
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