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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Main Author: Woo Jin Chung
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korean Association for the Study of the Liver 2014-03-01
Series:Clinical and Molecular Hepatology
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Online Access:http://e-cmh.org/upload/pdf/cmh-20-1.pdf