Evaluation of the liver condition in chronic hepatitis C virus patients with and without vasculitis
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عنوان ژورنال: The Egyptian Rheumatologist
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1110-1164
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejr.2014.03.003