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Fiber Type and Subcellular-Specific Analysis of Lipid Droplet Content in Skeletal Muscle
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Focal lipodystrophy without metabolic disorders in adult dermatomyositis
Talel Badri1, Myriam Ben Hmida, Rym Benmously-Mlika
1Departments of Dermatology Habib Thameur Hospital Faculty of Medicine University of Tunis El Manar Tunis, Tunisia Departments of Pathology Habib Thameur Hospital Faculty of Medicine University of Tunis El ManarTunis Tunisia.
International Journal of Dermatology
|July 19, 2012
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