Pemphigus vulgaris in adolescence: case report

F R Pires1, C C Ferraz, F de A Alves

  • 1School of Dentistry of Piracicaba, University of Campinas, Piracicaba/SP-Brazil. ramoafop@yahoo.com

Pediatric Dentistry
|April 19, 2000
PubMed

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