Surgical Shunt Versus TIPS for Treatment of Variceal Hemorrhage in the Current Era of Liver and Multivisceral Transplantation
β Scribed by Costa, Guilherme; Cruz, Ruy J.; Abu-Elmagd, Kareem M.
- Book ID
- 121253346
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 995 KB
- Volume
- 90
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0039-6109
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