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The biology of vernix caseosa.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Virchows Archiv für Pathologische Anatomie und Physiologie und für Klinische Medizin
سال: 1906
ISSN: 0945-6317,1432-2307
DOI: 10.1007/bf01944844