Psychiatric and social outcome following liver transplantation for alcoholic liver disease: A controlled study
โ Scribed by Julia Gledhill; Andrew Burroughs; Keith Rolles; Brian Davidson; Bob Blizard; Geoffrey Lloyd
- Book ID
- 117169050
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 67 KB
- Volume
- 46
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-3999
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