Haemochromatosis: Facilitating blood donation as an alternative to management with venesection for patients in Morecambe Bay
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عنوان ژورنال: Morecambe Bay Medical Journal
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2634-0631,0957-5286
DOI: 10.48037/mbmj.v8i3.49