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Liver and Biliary Tract

Is portal hypertensive enteropathy an important additional cause of blood loss in portal hypertensive patients?

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Pages 1497-1502 | Received 24 Mar 2010, Accepted 11 Jul 2010, Published online: 09 Aug 2010

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