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Emergency Portacaval Shunt Versus Rescue Portacaval Shunt in a Randomized Controlled Trial of Emergency Treatment of Acutely Bleeding Esophageal Varices in Cirrhosis—Part 3

✍ Scribed by Marshall J. Orloff; Jon I. Isenberg; Henry O. Wheeler; Kevin S. Haynes; Horacio Jinich-Brook; Roderick Rapier; Florin Vaida; Robert J. Hye

Book ID
107411951
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Year
2010
Tongue
English
Weight
256 KB
Volume
14
Category
Article
ISSN
1091-255X

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