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- 101
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- 4
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- 422-434
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François Sarasin,
Emiliano Giostra,
Antoine Hadengue
(1996).
Cost-effectiveness of screening for detection of small hepatocellular carcinoma in western patients with Child-Pugh class A cirrhosis.
The American Journal of Medicine
, 101
(4)
, 422-434.
https://doi.org/10.1016/s0002-9343(96)00197-0
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- 10.1016/s0002-9343(96)00197-0