Bacterial infection in the pathogenesis of variceal bleeding.

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Published in Lancet on January 09, 1999

Authors

J Goulis1, D Patch, A K Burroughs

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1: Liver Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Medicine, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK.

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