Liver stiffness measurement in cirrhotic patient — Implications of disease activity and treatment efficacy
✍ Scribed by Huang-Wei Xu; Sheng-Nan Lu; Chao-Hung Hung; Kuo-Chin Chang; Tsung-Hui Hu; Jing-Houng Wang
- Book ID
- 119317023
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 352 KB
- Volume
- 28
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0257-5655
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