Clinical Aspects of Cryptogenic Hepatocellular Carcinoma.
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عنوان ژورنال: The Kurume Medical Journal
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0023-5679,1881-2090
DOI: 10.2739/kurumemedj.45.105