Autoimmune hepatitis: diagnostic criteria, subclassifications, and clinical features
โ Scribed by McFarlane, Ian G
- Book ID
- 123490098
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 141 KB
- Volume
- 6
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1089-3261
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