Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt in Vienna – A decade later
✍ Scribed by Bernhard Angermayr; Manfred Cejna; Franz Karnel; Michael Gschwantler; Franz König; Johann Pidlich; Helmuth Mendel; Harald Brunner; Ludwig Pichler; Peter Ferenci; Johannes Lammer; Alfred Gangl; Markus Peck-Radosavljevic
- Publisher
- Springer Vienna
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 166 KB
- Volume
- 116
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0043-5325
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