Management of portal hypertensive gastropathy and other bleeding
A major cause of cirrhosis related morbidity and mortality is the development of variceal bleeding, a direct consequence of portal hypertension. Less common causes of gastrointestinal bleeding are peptic ulcers, malignancy, angiodysplasia, etc. Upper gastrointestinal bleeding has been classified acc...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Korean Association for the Study of the Liver
2014-03-01
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Series: | Clinical and Molecular Hepatology |
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Online Access: | http://e-cmh.org/upload/pdf/cmh-20-1.pdf |