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Hepatology. 2021 Nov;74(5):2926-2927. doi: 10.1002/hep.32058. Epub 2021 Aug 31.

Letter to the Editor: Infections in Severe Forms of Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease: Need a Closer Look!.

Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.)

Ankur Jindal

Affiliations

  1. Department of Hepatology, Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, New Delhi, India.

PMID: 34260765 DOI: 10.1002/hep.32058

[No abstract available.]

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