Group updates guidelines for managing nonvariceal upper GI bleed
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Consensus recommendations for managing patients with nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding.
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عنوان ژورنال: Pharmacy Today
سال: 2020
ISSN: 1042-0991
DOI: 10.1016/j.ptdy.2019.12.024