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Benzodiazepine receptor ligands and hepatic encephalopathy: Further unfolding of the GABA story

✍ Scribed by E. Anthony Jones

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1991
Tongue: English
Weight: 604 KB
Volume: 14
Category: Article
ISSN: 0270-9139
DOI: 10.1002/hep.1840140652

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