Esophagogastric varices as a prognostic factor for the determination of clinical stage in patients with primary biliary cirrhosis.

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Published in J Gastroenterol on January 01, 2003

Authors

Eiji Takeshita1, Teru Kumagi, Hidetaka Matsui, Masanori Abe, Shinya Furukawa, Yoshiou Ikeda, Bunzo Matsuura, Kojiro Michitaka, Norio Horiike, Morikazu Onji

Author Affiliations

1: Third Department of Internal Medicine, Ehime University School of Medicine, Shigenobu-cho Ehime 791-0295, Japan.

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