Development of neurological manifestation of wilson’s disease after portosystemic shunt: A case report
✍ Scribed by Yamamoto, Sadahiro ;Ito, Sosuke ;Hidemura, Ryugo ;Sawada, Masashi ;Takeshige, Kotohito ;Horisawa, Masumasa
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 1974
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 701 KB
- Volume
- 9
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0435-1339
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