Possible benefit of splenectomy in liver transplantation for autoimmune hepatitis
β Scribed by Xu, Yan-Tian; Liu, De-Jie; Meng, Fan-Ying; Li, Guang-Bing; Liu, Jun
- Book ID
- 127244253
- Publisher
- Zhejiang University School of Medicine, China
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 328 KB
- Volume
- 13
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1499-3872
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