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Review
. 2013 Sep;9(9):605-6.

Statins and liver injury

Manish Thapar  1 , Mark W Russo  2 , Herbert L Bonkovsky  2
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Review

Statins and liver injury

Manish Thapar et al. Gastroenterol Hepatol (N Y). 2013 Sep.
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