Portosystemic shunts versus endoscopic therapy for variceal rebleeding in patients with cirrhosis.

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Published in Cochrane Database Syst Rev on October 18, 2006

Authors

S Khan1, C Tudur Smith, P Williamson, R Sutton

Author Affiliations

1: Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Liver Unit (Hepatobiliary Pancreatic and Liver Transplant), Metchley Lane, Edgbaston, Birmingham, West Midlands, UK. saboor.711@gmail.com

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