Treatment of intractable rheumatoid arthritis with total lymphoid irradiation (TLI): immunological and clinical changes
โ Scribed by Strober, Samuel; Field, Elizabeth M.; Kotzin, Brian L.; Hoppe, Richard T.; Engleman, Edgar C.; Tanay, Amir S.; Kaplan, Henry S.
- Book ID
- 121999274
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1983
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 788 KB
- Volume
- 1
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0167-8140
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