Acute liver damage and ecstasy ingestion.

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Published in Gut on March 01, 1996

Authors

A J Ellis1, J A Wendon, B Portmann, R Williams

Author Affiliations

1: Institute of Liver Studies, King's College School of Medicine and Dentistry, London.

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