Granulomatous slack skin disease - disease features and response to pentostatin
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Granulomatous slack skin.
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Haematology
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0007-1048
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.2003.04592.x