Recurrent infections and multiple bone fractures in a 4-year-old child.

نویسندگان

  • A Vaghjimal
  • J Shliozberg
  • A Rubinstein
چکیده

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Postgraduate medical journal

دوره 74 874  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1998