[Transition from pediatric to adult care: a challenge]

I Durieu1

  • 1Médecine interne, pavillon médical, groupe hospitalier Sud, chemin du Grand-Revoyet, 69495 Pierre-Bénite cedex, France. isabelle.durieu@chu-lyon.fr

La Revue De Medecine Interne
|October 6, 2012
PubMed

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