Is anti-pyruvate dehydrogenase complex a predictor of the development of primary biliary cirrhosis?
โ Scribed by Gotaro Toda
- Book ID
- 106181402
- Publisher
- Springer Japan
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 40 KB
- Volume
- 36
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0944-1174
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