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17 Extrahepatic Cholestasis Increases Liver Stiffness (Fibroscan ®) Irrespective of Fibrosis

✍ Scribed by Sebastian Mueller; Gunda Millonig; Stefanie Friedrich; Andreas Welker; Peter Becker; Frank Reimann; Helmut Karl Seitz

Book ID
119427888
Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
2008
Tongue
English
Weight
51 KB
Volume
134
Category
Article
ISSN
0016-5085

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