Hepatic Myelopathy in a Patient with Decompensated Alcoholic Cirrhosis and Portal Colopathy
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Hepatic Myelopathy in a Patient with Decompensated Alcoholic Cirrhosis and Portal Colopathy
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عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports in Hepatology
سال: 2012
ISSN: 2090-6587,2090-6595
DOI: 10.1155/2012/735906