Hepatic Venous Pressure Gradient Predicts Clinical Decompensation in Patients With Compensated Cirrhosis
β Scribed by Ripoll, Cristina (author);Groszmann, Roberto (author);Garcia-Tsao, Guadalupe (author);Grace, Norman (author);Burroughs, Andrew (author);Planas, Ramon (author);Escorsell, Angels (author);Garcia-Pagan, Juan Carlos (author);Makuch, Robert (author);Patch, David (author);Matloff, Daniel S. (author);Bosch, Jaime (author)
- Book ID
- 119759881
- Publisher
- W.B. Saunders
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 354 KB
- Volume
- 133
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0016-5085
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