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Ultrasonographic evaluation of liver surface and transient elastography in clinically doubtful cirrhosis

✍ Scribed by Annalisa Berzigotti; Juan G. Abraldes; Puneeta Tandon; Eva Erice; Rosa Gilabert; Juan Carlos García-Pagan; Jaime Bosch

Book ID
116652085
Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
2010
Tongue
English
Weight
646 KB
Volume
52
Category
Article
ISSN
0168-8278

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