Alcohol
Volume 27, Issue 1 , Pages 17-21 , May 2002

Neutrophilic infiltration in alcoholic hepatitis

  • Abraham P. Bautista

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Received 23 November 2001 ,Revised 25 January 2002 ,Accepted 3 February 2002.

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Alcohol
Volume 27, Issue 1 , Pages 17-21 , May 2002