Portal vein thrombosis caused by protein C and protein S deficiency associated with cytomegalovirus infection
β Scribed by Ravit Arav-Boger; Shimon Reif; Yoram Bujanover
- Book ID
- 117164954
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 318 KB
- Volume
- 126
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1097-6833
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