Cutaneous myxoma: An important clue to Carney complex
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Carney complex with biatrial cardiac myxoma.
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عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0377-4929
DOI: 10.4103/0377-4929.138771