Fulminant hepatic failure as the presenting form of type 1 autoimmune hepatitis in the elderly
✍ Scribed by Eduardo Redondo-Cerezo; Flor Nogueras-López; Rafael Martı́n-Vivaldi; Esperanza Egea Simón
- Book ID
- 119392348
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 27 KB
- Volume
- 97
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0002-9270
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