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Is achievement of sustained virologic response an independent predictor or a cofactor for the development of esophageal varices?

✍ Scribed by Li-Ping Ye; Xin-Li Mao

Book ID: 102850102
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2010
Tongue: English
Weight: 632 KB
Volume: 53
Category: Article
ISSN: 0270-9139
DOI: 10.1002/hep.24026

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