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Hold that needle: Octreotide for acute variceal hemorrhage

✍ Scribed by William N. Katkov

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1994
Tongue: English
Weight: 564 KB
Volume: 19
Category: Article
ISSN: 0270-9139
DOI: 10.1002/hep.1840190435

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