Response to methotrexate in a chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy patient
✍ Scribed by Jordi Díaz-Manera; Ricard Rojas-García; Eduard Gallardo; Isabel Illa
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 125 KB
- Volume
- 39
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0148-639X
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