Pressure erosions: Rheumatoid arthritis or calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystal deposition disease?
โ Scribed by Daniel J. McCarty
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1986
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 112 KB
- Volume
- 29
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0004-3591
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