Acute variceal bleeding: general management.

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Published in World J Gastroenterol on August 01, 2001

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D Patch1, L Dagher

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1: Liver Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Medicine, 9th Floor-Department of Surgery, Royal Free Hospital NHS Trust, Pond Street-Hampstead, London NW3 2QG, UK.

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