Refractory hepatic hydrothorax treated with transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt
β Scribed by Mikako Degawa; Keisuke Hamasaki; Koji Yano; Kazuhiko Nakao; Yuji Kato; Ichiro Sakamoto; Keisuke Nakata; Katsumi Eguchi
- Publisher
- Springer Japan
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 200 KB
- Volume
- 34
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0944-1174
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This study was partially supported by grants UBACYT M055 (Universidad de Buenos Aires) and PICT 06-124 (Agencia Nacional de PromocioΒ΄n Cien-tΔ±Β΄fica y TecnoloΒ΄gica).