Relationships between liver histologic lesions and portal hypertension in patients with alcoholic cirrhosis
โ Scribed by Thierry Poynard; Claude Degott; Didier Lebrec; Hector Orrego; Yedy Israel; Joan E. Blake; L. M. Blendis; R. Britton; Kim Krogsgaard; Christian Gluud; Jens H. Henriksen; Per Christoffersen
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1985
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 332 KB
- Volume
- 5
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0270-9139
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