Salmonella pyomyositis complicating sickle cell anemia: a case report
✍ Scribed by Vanessa K Wong, Maxine E Lissack, Tom D Turmezei…
- Book ID
- 120719015
- Publisher
- BioMed Central
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 511 KB
- Volume
- 4
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1752-1947
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