Progression of fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C
β Scribed by Marc G. Ghany; David E. Kleiner; Harvey Alter; Edward Doo; Farooq Khokar; Kittichai Promrat; David Herion; Yoon Park; T.Jake Liang; Jay H. Hoofnagle
- Book ID
- 119756903
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 168 KB
- Volume
- 124
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0016-5085
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