Alcohol-induced fatty liver and inflammation: where do Kupffer cells act?
โ Scribed by Alessandro Casini
- Book ID
- 119525573
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 618 KB
- Volume
- 32
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0168-8278
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