UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL HÆMORRHAGE IN HEPATIC CIRRHOSIS: CAUSES AND RELATION TO HEPATIC FAILURE AND STRESS
✍ Scribed by Franco, Dominique; Deporte, Alain; Durandy, Yves; Bismuth, Henri
- Book ID
- 123234642
- Publisher
- The Lancet
- Year
- 1977
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 407 KB
- Volume
- 309
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0140-6736
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