Balloon tamponade vs. endoscopic sclerotherapy: In the management of active variceal hemorrhage
✍ Scribed by K. -J. Paquet; J. Tères
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 160 KB
- Volume
- 11
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0270-9139
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