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Is minimal hepatic encephalopathy completely reversible following liver transplantation?

✍ Scribed by Christopher Rose; Rajiv Jalan

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2004
Tongue: English
Weight: 65 KB
Volume: 10
Category: Article
ISSN: 1527-6465
DOI: 10.1002/lt.20030

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