Therapeutic benefit of sulfasalazine for patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis
β Scribed by Shinichiro Tada; Hirotoshi Ebinuma; Hidetsugu Saito; Toshifumi Hibi
- Publisher
- Springer Japan
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 148 KB
- Volume
- 41
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0944-1174
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