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TIPS: a therapy to prevent variceal rebleeding in patients listed for liver transplantation

✍ Scribed by T Wróblewski; O Rowiński; B Ziarkiewicz-Wróblewska; B Michałowicz; P Małkowski; J Pawlak; P Nyckowski; M Krawczyk

Book ID
117231806
Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
2002
Tongue
English
Weight
52 KB
Volume
34
Category
Article
ISSN
0041-1345

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