Emergency transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt prior to liver transplantation
โ Scribed by David M. Steventon; Deirdre A. Kelly; Patrick McKiernan; Simon P. Olliff; P. R. John
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 315 KB
- Volume
- 27
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0301-0449
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