Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis: Pathogenesis and Clinical Management
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1Division of Gastroenterology, Ospedale di Acireale, Azienda Sanitaria Provinciale di Catania, Catania, Italy 2Liver Unit, Department of Gastroenterology, Tel-Aviv Medical Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel 3School of Public Health, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel 4Department of Biomedical Sciences and Biotechnologies, University of Catania, Catania, Italy 5Center for Human Nutrition and Atkins Center of Excellence in Obesity Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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دوره 2015 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2015