Traditional Chinese Medicine Can Improve Liver Microcirculation and Reduce Portal Hypertension in Liver Cirrhosis
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Xu Lieming1,5, Gu Jie2, Lu Xiong2, Zhou Yang1,5, Tian Tian2, Zhang Jie2 and Xu Hong2 1Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 2Institute of Liver Diseases, Shanghai University of TCM 3Key Laboratory of Liver and Kidney Diseases, Ministry of Education 4Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Clinic, Shanghai 5The Key Unit of Liver Diseases, SATCM. Shanghai, China
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