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Is liver stiffness measurement unreliable in obese patients? authors’ reply

✍ Scribed by S. Petta; A. Craxì

Book ID
108606325
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2011
Tongue
English
Weight
62 KB
Volume
34
Category
Article
ISSN
0269-2813

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