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TNF alpha polymorphisms, HFE gene mutations and acquired factors in Italian patients with porphyria cutanea tarda

✍ Scribed by Silvia Rossana Fargion; Paola Dongiovanni; Luca Valenti; AnnaLudovica Fracanzani; Maurizio Sampietro; MariaDomenica Cappellini; Gemino Fiorelli


Book ID
118565486
Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
2002
Tongue
English
Weight
212 KB
Volume
36
Category
Article
ISSN
0168-8278

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