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A randomized, controlled trial of medical therapy versus endoscopic ligation for the prevention of variceal rebleeding in patients with cirrhosis

✍ Scribed by D. Patch; C.A. Sabin; J. Goulis; G. Gerunda; L. Greenslade; C. Merkel; A.K. Burroughs


Book ID
119756742
Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
2002
Tongue
English
Weight
98 KB
Volume
123
Category
Article
ISSN
0016-5085

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