Liver stiffness measurement selects patients with cirrhosis at risk of bearing large oesophageal varices
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- 31 August 2006
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- Published by Elsevier in Journal of Hepatology
- Vol. 45 (2) , 230-235
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhep.2006.04.006
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