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Letters to the Editor

Transcatheter arterial embolization should be the salvage treatment of choice in all patients with bleeding from duodenal ulcers resistant to endoscopic hemostasis

Pages 1003-1004 | Received 18 Jan 2010, Accepted 16 Mar 2010, Published online: 06 May 2010

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