Hepatitis E virus as an emerging cause of chronic liver disease in organ transplant recipients
✍ Scribed by René Gérolami; Valérie Moal; Christophe Picard; Philippe Colson
- Book ID
- 116651808
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 168 KB
- Volume
- 50
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0168-8278
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