Secondary Prophylaxis in Patients Who Have Experienced Portal Hypertensive Bleeding

Overview

Journal Clin Liver Dis (Hoboken)

Specialty Gastroenterology

Date 2019 Jun 13

PMID 31186877

Authors

Carlo Merkel

Sara Montagnese

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