Treatment of hepatitis C recurrence is less successful in female than in male liver transplant recipients
✍ Scribed by Valerio Giannelli; Michela Giusto; Alessio Farcomeni; Francesca R. Ponziani; Maurizio Pompili; Raffaella Viganò; Rosa Maria Iemmolo; Maria F. Donato; Maria Rendina; Pierluigi Toniutto; Luisa Pasulo; Maria Cristina Morelli; Eleonora De Martin; Lucia Miglioresi; Daniele Di Paolo; Stefano Fagiuoli; Manuela Merli; AISF RECOLT-C group study
- Book ID
- 115134847
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 71 KB
- Volume
- 25
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0934-0874
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