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Chronic hepatitis C virus infection causes a significant reduction in quality of life in the absence of cirrhosis

✍ Scribed by G. R. Foster; R. D. Goldin; H. C. Thomas

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1998
Tongue: English
Weight: 74 KB
Volume: 27
Category: Article
ISSN: 0270-9139
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510270132

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