Large databases of consecutive patients followed for sufficiently long periods are needed to establish the rates, chronology, and hierarchy of complications of cirrhosis as well as the importance of other potential causes of liver disease. In accordance with this goal, a cohort of patients with comp
Natural history of compensated cirrhosis
β Scribed by J. Moschandrea; M. Koulentaki; E. Oekonomaki; C.H. Leontidis; D. Samonakis; P. Skordilis; E. Kouroumalis
- Book ID
- 118565101
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 170 KB
- Volume
- 36
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0168-8278
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