Clinical Case of Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis
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Toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) : a clinical review
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عنوان ژورنال: Acta Medica Bulgarica
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0324-1750
DOI: 10.1515/amb-2017-0007