Is the role of transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunts limited in the management of patients with end-stage liver disease?
โ Scribed by Jameson Forster; Edward L. Siegel; Romano Delcore; K. Mark Payne; Jacqueline Laurin; James D. Kindscher
- Book ID
- 117026110
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 677 KB
- Volume
- 172
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0002-9610
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