Acute fulminant hepatic infection causing fatal “emphysematous hepatitis”: case report
✍ Scribed by A. Blachar; M. P. Federle; G. Brancatelli
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 314 KB
- Volume
- 27
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0942-8925
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