Lipodystrophy Caused by Repetitive Pegylated Interferon Injection
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Effect of pegylated interferon
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عنوان ژورنال: Internal Medicine
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0918-2918,1349-7235
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.52.0763