BRIEF NOTE ON TWO CASES OF PRIMARY, DIFFUSE, EXFOLIATIVE DERMATITIS. (PITYRIASIS RUBRA?)
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the American Medical Association
سال: 1889
ISSN: 0002-9955
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1889.02400800009001d