Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt—Role in Treating Intractable Variceal Bleeding, Ascites, and Hepatic Hydrothorax
✍ Scribed by LaBerge, Jeanne M.
- Book ID
- 123175807
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 505 KB
- Volume
- 10
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1089-3261
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