W1852 The Clinical Spectrum and the Prognosis of Adult Patients with Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis in a Population Based Study in Sweden
✍ Scribed by Benito de Valle, Maria; Lindkvist, Björn; Sadik, Riadh; Bjornsson, Einar
- Book ID
- 123575383
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 49 KB
- Volume
- 134
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0016-5085
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