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Transient elastography in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: Making sense of echos

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Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2009
Tongue: English
Weight: 56 KB
Volume: 51
Category: Article
ISSN: 0270-9139
DOI: 10.1002/hep.23422

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