The postabsorptive urinary hydroxyproline (Spot-HYPRO) in patients with multiple myeloma
โ Scribed by Harvey B. Niell; Charles L. Neely; Genaro M. Palmieri
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1981
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 475 KB
- Volume
- 48
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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