Elevation of interleukin 6 levels in patients with chronic hepatitis due to hepatitis C virus
โ Scribed by Mariano Malaguarnera; Ignazio Di Fazio; Maria Antonietta Romeo; Salvatore Restuccia; Antonina Laurino; Barbara Adriana Trovato
- Publisher
- Springer Japan
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 370 KB
- Volume
- 32
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0944-1174
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