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Pharmacologic therapy for gastrointestinal bleeding due to portal hypertension and esophageal varices

✍ Scribed by Don C. Rockey

Book ID: 107538250
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2006
Tongue: English
Weight: 302 KB
Volume: 8
Category: Article
ISSN: 1522-8037
DOI: 10.1007/s11894-006-0058-9

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