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Sildenafil (Viagra) is a risk factor for acute variceal bleeding

✍ Scribed by Charalabos Tzathas; Ageliki Christidou; Spiros D Ladas

Book ID: 119392502
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
Year: 2002
Tongue: English
Weight: 23 KB
Volume: 97
Category: Article
ISSN: 0002-9270
DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9270(02)04232-6

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