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Investigation of portal hypertension.
I WILL present a personal approach to the problem of portal hypertension, without attempting to cover the subject exhaustively, but emphasizing what I feel to be the important points for consideration in relation to the management of patients. Causes of portal hypertension The most important cause of portal hyperten-sion is chronic liver disease which usually implies cirrhosis of the liver. The...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Postgraduate Medical Journal
سال: 1968
ISSN: 0032-5473
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.44.514.657