منابع مشابه
Pili Annulati with Multiple Fragile Hairs
Corresponding author: Byung Cheol Park, Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Dankook University, 119 Dandae-ro, Dongnam-gu, Cheonan 31116, Korea. Tel: 82-41-550-6485, Fax: 82-41-552-7541, E-mail: [email protected] This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0) whi...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Dermatological Research
سال: 1988
ISSN: 0340-3696,1432-069X
DOI: 10.1007/bf00440605