HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC HEPATITIS C. THE IMPACT OF ANTIVIRAL THERAPY
โ Scribed by Vasilios Papastergiou; Lamprini Skorda; Phillipos Lisgos; Mihail Hletsos; Ioannis Ketikoglou; Christos Zamanis; Stylianos Karatapanis
- Book ID
- 117646378
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 65 KB
- Volume
- 22
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0953-6205
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