Predictors of myocardial injury in patients with acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding
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Clinical predictors of outcome in acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding.
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عنوان ژورنال: The Egyptian Heart Journal
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1110-2608
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehj.2013.12.053