Medical and endoscopic management of gastric varices.

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Published in Semin Intervent Radiol on September 01, 2011

Authors

Abdullah M S Al-Osaimi1, Stephen H Caldwell

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia.

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