Coagulation disorders in patients with cirrhosis and severe sepsis
✍ Scribed by Aurélie Plessier; Marie-Hélène Denninger; Yann Consigny; Fabienne Pessione; Claire Francoz; François Durand; Sven Francque; Annie Bezeaud; Laurence Chauvelot-Moachon; Didier Lebrec; Dominique-Charles Valla; Richard Moreau
- Book ID
- 111237199
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 137 KB
- Volume
- 23
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0106-9543
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