An Anti-centromere Antibody Positive Patient with Chronic Hepatitis C
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عنوان ژورنال: Progress of Digestive Endoscopy(1972)
سال: 1995
ISSN: 0389-9403,2189-0021
DOI: 10.11641/pdensks.47.0_218