Involvement of the fas system in hepatitis C virus recurrence after liver transplantation
โ Scribed by Javier Crespo; Monteserrat Rivero; Marta Mayorga; Emilio Fabrega; Fernando Casafont; Manuel Gomez-Fleitas; Fernando Pons-Romero
- Book ID
- 111722937
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 320 KB
- Volume
- 6
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1527-6465
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