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Cognitive dysfunction in liver cirrhosis: does hepatitis C virus play a role?

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    Evangelos Kalaitzakis & Einar Björnsson

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Kalaitzakis, E., Björnsson, E. Cognitive dysfunction in liver cirrhosis: does hepatitis C virus play a role?. J Gastroenterol 43, 248 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00535-007-2144-7

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