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Managing Encephalopathy in the Outpatient Setting

Tarana Gupta, Sahaj Rathi, Radha K Dhiman

Citation Information : Gupta T, Rathi S, Dhiman RK. Managing Encephalopathy in the Outpatient Setting. Euroasian J Hepatogastroenterol 2017; 7 (1):48-54.

DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10018-1211

License: CC BY 3.0

Published Online: 01-12-2017

Copyright Statement:  Copyright © 2017; The Author(s).


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Gupta T, Rathi S, Dhiman RK. Managing Encephalopathy in the Outpatient Setting. Euroasian J Hepato-Gastroenterol 2017;7(1):48-54.


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