Silymarin for Treatment of Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis-A New Kid on the Block?

Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol

Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endocrinology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany; Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany.

Published: December 2017

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