Multiple Factors Involved in Nonalcoholic Hepatitis Pathogenesis

نویسندگان

  • Manuela Neuman
  • Nir Hilzenrat
  • Lawrence Cohen
  • Robert E. Winkler
  • Radu Nanau
چکیده

1Departments of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, and Global Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada M5G 1L7 2 In Vitro Drug Safety and Biotechnology, University of Toronto, MaRS Discovery District, 101 College Street, Suite 300, Lab 351, Toronto, ON, Canada M5G 1L7 3Division of Gastroenterology, Jewish General Hospital and McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada H9H 3L1 4Division of Gastroenterology, Sunnybrook HSC, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada M4N 3M5 5Amicus Pharmaceuticals, Cranbury, NJ 08512, USA

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دوره 2012  شماره 

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تاریخ انتشار 2012