Actinic keratoses in subjects from la Mitad del Mundo, Ecuador
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La anatomia española en la primera mitad del siglo XIX
JOHN L. WEST, The Taylors of Lancashire, Manchester, [the author], 1977, 8vo, pp. 134, illus., £1.50 + postage (paperback). (Obtainable from: 11 Half Edge Lane, Eccles, Manchester). An excellent account of a remarkable medical family, based on extensive research into manuscript and printed sources. It extended over six or seven generations, from James Taylor (1708/10-1777) of Whitworth to Herbe...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Dermatology
سال: 2020
ISSN: 1471-5945
DOI: 10.1186/s12895-020-00109-8