Serum levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor in Sydenham’s chorea
✍ Scribed by Antônio Lúcio Teixeira; Thales Lage Bretas; Arthur Kummer; Lívia Cunha Melo; Amanda Baraldi; Estefânia Harsányi; Francisco Cardoso; Elizabeth Ribeiro da Silva Camargos
- Publisher
- Springer Milan
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 170 KB
- Volume
- 31
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1590-1874
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