Hematochezia in a patient with liver cirrhosis

World Journal of Emergency Surgery

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Cahill, Ronan A ^a   Norris, Suzanne ^a   Stephens, Richard B ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

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EID: 38749085649     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17497922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-7922-2-32     Document Type: Article

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