Liver cirrhosis

The Lancet - Tập 371 Số 9615 - Trang 838-851 - 2008
Detlef Schuppan1, Nezam H. Afdhal1
1Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

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