Iron and fibrosis in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
β Scribed by Graeme A. Macdonald; Patrick J. Ward; D. Keith George; Lawrie W. Powell
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 29 KB
- Volume
- 31
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0270-9139
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