Liver cirrhosis

The Lancet - Tập 383 Số 9930 - Trang 1749-1761 - 2014
Emmanuel Tsochatzis1, Jaime Bosch2, Andrew K. Burroughs1
1Royal Free Sheila Sherlock Liver Centre, Royal Free Hospital and UCL Institute of Liver and Digestive Health, London, UK
2Hepatic Hemodynamic Laboratory, Hospital Clínic-IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, and Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas, Barcelona, Spain

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