Background: Patients with cirrhosis in Child-Pugh class C or those in class B who have persistent bleeding at endoscopy are at high risk for treatment failure and a poor prognosis, even if they have undergone rescue treatment with a transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS). This study ev
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: is all the fat bad?
โ Scribed by A. D. Clouston; E. E. Powell
- Book ID
- 108988803
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 263 KB
- Volume
- 34
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1444-0903
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