Psoriatic onycho-pachydermo periostitis: treatment with methotrexate
✍ Scribed by A. Bauzá; P. Redondo; D. Aquerreta
- Book ID
- 114424947
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 203 KB
- Volume
- 143
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-0963
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