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Nivolumab-induced cholangitic liver disease: a novel form of serious liver injury

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ANNALS OF ONCOLOGY
Volume 28, Issue 3, Pages 671-672

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OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdw649

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