Chronic Kidney Disease and Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Proven by Transient Elastography
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Chronic kidney disease and nonalcoholic Fatty liver disease proven by transient elastography.
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عنوان ژورنال: Kidney and Blood Pressure Research
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1423-0143,1420-4096
DOI: 10.1159/000350158