İpek AKIL, Muzaffer POLAT, Tarkan İKİZOĞLU, Yılmaz Özge İKİZOĞLU, Şenol COŞKUN, Mine ÖZKOL, Selim SERTER

Juvenile dermatomyositis resistant of steroids

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