Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt in the treatment of refractory bleeding from ruptured gastric varices
✍ Scribed by Karl Barange; Jean-Marie Péron; Kamran Imani; Philippe Otal; Jean-Louis Payen; Herve Rousseau; Jean-Pierre Pascal; Francis Joffre; Jean-Pierre Vinel
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 68 KB
- Volume
- 30
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0270-9139
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