Linking a Hepatology Clinical Service Line to Quality Improvement.

Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol

Digestive Disease Section, Department of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut. Electronic address:

Published: August 2015

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