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Delayed intestinal visualization at hepatobiliary scintigraphy is associated with response to long-term treatment with ursodeoxycholic acid in patients with cystic fibrosis-associated liver disease

✍ Scribed by Carla Colombo; Andrea Crosignani; Pier Maria Battezzati; Maria Rita Castellani; Stefania Comi; Maria Luisa Melzi; Annamaria Giunta

Book ID: 118569143
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 1999
Tongue: English
Weight: 790 KB
Volume: 31
Category: Article
ISSN: 0168-8278
DOI: 10.1016/s0168-8278(99)80347-x

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