Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt for refractory ascites: Tipping the sodium balance
β Scribed by Florence Wong; Laurence Blendis
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 880 KB
- Volume
- 22
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0270-9139
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