C-reactive protein as a specific marker of infection in cirrhotic patients
β Scribed by Aristotelis Tsiakalos; Aggelos Karatzaferis; Panayiotis Ziakas; Gregorios Hatzis
- Book ID
- 111239255
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 103 KB
- Volume
- 30
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0106-9543
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