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

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Evangelos Kalaitzakis et al. J Gastroenterol. 2008.

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doi: 10.1007/s00535-007-2144-7. Epub 2008 Mar 29.

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