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Nutritional assessment in liver cirrhosis

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    Hisataka Moriwaki M.D., Ph.D.

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Moriwaki, H. Nutritional assessment in liver cirrhosis. J Gastroenterol 41, 511–512 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00535-006-1825-y

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