Glycosaminoglycans in urine of type 1 diabetic patients

G Sindelka1, J Skrha, V Stibor

  • 13rd Department of Internal Medicine, 1st Medical Faculty, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.

Sbornik Lekarsky
|January 1, 1993
PubMed

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