Association of chronic hepatitis B virus infection with insulin resistance and hepatic steatosis
โ Scribed by Chia-Chi Wang; Ching-Sheng Hsu; Chun-Jen Liu; Jia-Horng Kao; Ding-Shinn Chen
- Book ID
- 108951661
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 74 KB
- Volume
- 23
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0815-9319
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