The Diagnosis and Blistering Mechanisms of Mucous Membrane Pemphigoid
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Mucous membrane pemphigoid
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عنوان ژورنال: Frontiers in Immunology
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1664-3224
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2019.00034