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Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-4

  Schiano, Thomas D ^a   Fiel, M Isabel ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID;

CYSTIC FIBROSIS; EDITORIAL; GRANULOMATOUS HEPATITIS; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; TOXIC HEPATITIS;

BIOPSY; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES;

EID: 78650249014     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2010.09.027     Document Type: Editorial

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