Evaluating the role of transient elastography post chronic hepatitis C treatment to predict hepatocellular carcinoma
Jacob H Charette1, Kelly W Burak1, Carla S Coffin1
1Liver Unit, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Journal of Hepatology
|September 5, 2020
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