Hypercholesterolemia in Long-Term Survivors of Liver Transplantation: A Comparison Between Cyclosporine and FK 506
✍ Scribed by R Charco; C Cantarell; V Vargas; L Capdevila; R Esteban; J.L Lázaro; C Margarit
- Book ID
- 117236175
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 122 KB
- Volume
- 30
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0041-1345
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