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Cost-effectiveness of ultrasonography in percutaneous liver biopsy

✍ Scribed by Coleman I. Smith; Rajender Reddy

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1999
Tongue: English
Weight: 24 KB
Volume: 29
Category: Article
ISSN: 0270-9139
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510290208

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