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Fulminant Hepatic Failure Secondary to Metastatic Transitional Cell Carcinoma—Case Report and Review of the Literature

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    Aijaz Ahmed Sofi, Zeeshan Tariq, Ali Nawras & Wael Youssef

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Sofi, A.A., de Las Casas, L., Tariq, Z. et al. Fulminant Hepatic Failure Secondary to Metastatic Transitional Cell Carcinoma—Case Report and Review of the Literature. J Gastrointest Canc 43 (Suppl 1), 111–113 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12029-011-9354-1

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