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Liver and Biliary Disease

Benign recurrent intrahepatic cholestasis: review and long-term follow-up of five cases

Geir FolvikDepartment of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Haukeland University Hospital and Institute of Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, NorwayCorrespondence[email protected]
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Olset HildeDepartment of Medicine, Haukeland University Hospital and Institute of Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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Gilja Odd HelgeDepartment of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Haukeland University Hospital and Institute of Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway;Department of Medicine, National Centre for Ultrasound in Gastroenterology, Haukeland University Hospital and Institute of Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway;Department of Medicine, Haukeland University Hospital and Institute of Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
Pages 482-488 | Received 06 Jul 2011, Accepted 11 Dec 2011, Published online: 10 Jan 2012

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