A Clinical Perspective on the Criteria for Liver Resection and the Use of Liver Function Tests
β Scribed by Michal Heger; Wilmar de Graaf; Roelof J. Bennink; Ulrich Beuers; Thomas M. van Gulik
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 121 KB
- Volume
- 34
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-2313
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