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. 2021 Oct;74(4):2321-2322.
doi: 10.1002/hep.31916. Epub 2021 Jun 19.

Letter to the Editor: Is Male Sex Associated With Increased Liver-Related Mortality in Primary Biliary Cholangitis and Cirrhosis?

Li-Yang Sun  1   2 , Jia-Yu Hu  1   2 , Lei Liang  1   2 , Xiang-Min Tong  1   2 , Dong-Sheng Huang  1   2 , Tian Yang  1   2   3
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Letter to the Editor: Is Male Sex Associated With Increased Liver-Related Mortality in Primary Biliary Cholangitis and Cirrhosis?

Li-Yang Sun et al. Hepatology. 2021 Oct.
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    John BV, Deng Y, Martin P, Levy C, Taddei TH, Kaplan DE, Dahman B. John BV, et al. Hepatology. 2021 Oct;74(4):2322-2323. doi: 10.1002/hep.31917. Epub 2021 Aug 15. Hepatology. 2021. PMID: 34021933 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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