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Enhanced Liver Fibrosis (ELF) test accurately identifies liver fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C

✍ Scribed by J. Parkes; I. N. Guha; P. Roderick; S. Harris; R. Cross; M. M. Manos; W. Irving; A Zaitoun; M. Wheatley; S. Ryder; W. Rosenberg

Book ID
108886410
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2010
Tongue
English
Weight
124 KB
Volume
18
Category
Article
ISSN
1352-0504

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