A simple noninvasive index (APRI) predicts advanced liver fibrosis in children with chronic hepatitis B
✍ Scribed by Dariusz M. Lebensztejn; Elžbieta Skiba; Maria Sobaniec-Lotowska; Maciej Kaczmarski
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 101 KB
- Volume
- 41
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0270-9139
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