Management of hepatorenal syndrome in patients with cirrhosis
✍ Scribed by Arroyo, Vicente; Fernández, Javier
- Book ID
- 121730739
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 491 KB
- Volume
- 7
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1759-5061
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