Journal of Hepatology
Volume 51, Issue 5 , Pages 970-972 , November 2009

The evasive promise of antiangiogenic therapy

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 The author declared that he does not have anything to disclose regarding funding or conflict of interest with respect to this manuscript.

PII: S0168-8278(09)00466-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2009.07.006

Journal of Hepatology
Volume 51, Issue 5 , Pages 970-972 , November 2009