Measurement of hepatic venous pressure gradient in patients with active variceal bleeding
β Scribed by Osman Cavit Ozdogan
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 115 KB
- Volume
- 41
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0270-9139
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