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Portal Hypertensive Bleeding: A Navel Approach

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  1. Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, 1 University of New Mexico, MSC10-5550, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, USA

    Sarah Safadi

  2. Department of Radiology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, 1 University of New Mexico, MSC10-5550, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, USA

    Adam Nicol Delu

  3. Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, 1 University of New Mexico, MSC10-5550, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, USA

    Joseph Alcorn & Denis McCarthy

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Safadi, S., Delu, A.N., Alcorn, J. et al. Portal Hypertensive Bleeding: A Navel Approach. Dig Dis Sci 63, 1424–1427 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-018-5062-z

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