Encephalopathy after portacaval shunting managed with lactulose
β Scribed by H Brown; C Trey; WV McDermott Jr
- Book ID
- 118838175
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1970
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 777 KB
- Volume
- 119
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0002-9610
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