Hepatic involvement in a liver transplant recipient with disseminated cryptococcosis
โ Scribed by S. Lu; E.E. Furth; E.A. Blumberg; Z. Bing
- Book ID
- 110904277
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 754 KB
- Volume
- 11
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1398-2273
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