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Monitoring for alcohol use relapse after liver transplantation for alcoholic liver disease

✍ Scribed by Campbell, D A ;Punch, J D

Publisher: Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
Year: 1997
Tongue: English
Weight: 126 KB
Volume: 3
Category: Article
ISSN: 1074-3022
DOI: 10.1002/lt.500030317

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