Morphological diversity of vulvar lichen sclerosus
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Medical series
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2524-2350,1814-6023
DOI: 10.29235/1814-6023-2019-16-3-357-364