Multi-organ failure with atypical liver granulomas following intravesical Bacillus Calmette-Guerin instillation
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عنوان ژورنال: World Journal of Hepatology
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1948-5182
DOI: 10.4254/wjh.v3.i3.79