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Outreach screening of drug users for cirrhosis with transient elastography

✍ Scribed by Belinda K. Moessner; Tina R. Jørgensen; Merete Skamling; Mogens Vyberg; Peter Junker; Court Pedersen; Peer B. Christensen

Book ID
108599396
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2010
Tongue
English
Weight
125 KB
Volume
106
Category
Article
ISSN
0965-2140

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