Acute autoimmune hepatitis: Many open questions
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Autoimmune hepatitis
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Hepatology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0168-8278
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2014.06.030