Benefit of Endoscopy in Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Patients with Liver Disease

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Journal Dig Dis Sci

Specialty Gastroenterology

Date 1981 Jul 1

PMID 6765049

Citations 6

Authors

R S Koff

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