A 44-year-old man with a history of cirrhosis secondary to hepatitis C, status post orthotopic liver transplantation in 2001, with recurrent graft cirrhosis and end-stage renal disease on hemodialysis (Model for End-Stage Liver Disease 29) presented with massive variceal hemorrhage. Despite endoscop
Varicose bleeding after liver transplantation in a patient with severe portosystemic shunts
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- Publisher
- Springer Japan
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 179 KB
- Volume
- 38
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0944-1174
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