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Original Article

Prognosis after the First Episode of Gastrointestinal Bleeding or Coma in Cirrhosis: Survival and Prognostic Factors

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Pages 999-1006 | Received 16 Jan 1989, Accepted 10 May 1989, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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