Decompensated Liver Cirrhosis
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Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Department of Pathology, Taipei Medical University Hospital; and Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Taipei Medical University Wan-Fang Hospital, Taipei. Received: 20 August 2001. Revised: 20 September 2001. Accepted: 9 October 2001. Reprint requests and correspondence to: Professor Shiann Pan, Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Medical University Hospital, 252 Wu-Hsing Street, Taipei, Taiwan. ENDOSCOPIC MUCOSAL RESECTION WITH A CAP-FITTED ENDOSCOPE FOR EARLY GASTRIC CARCINOMA WITH FOCAL SUBMUCOSAL INVASION IN A PATIENT WITH DECOMPENSATED LIVER CIRRHOSIS
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