Insulin resistance in chronic hepatitis C, genotypes 1 and 4: The unfortunate reality
β Scribed by Dawn M. Torres; Stephen A. Harrison
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 106 KB
- Volume
- 47
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0270-9139
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