AGE-RELATED ASPECTS OF VEGETATIVE STATUS IN CHILDREN WITH VEGETATIVE DYSTONIA SYNDROME
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عنوان ژورنال: Kubanskij nauchnyj medicinskij vestnik
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2541-9544,1608-6228
DOI: 10.25207/1608-6228-2017-24-4-169-172