A 5-Month-Old Male With an Isolated Prolonged Partial Thromboplastin Time
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عنوان ژورنال: Laboratory Medicine
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0007-5027,1943-7730
DOI: 10.1309/ahjkw4bxu8cpd7ba