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. 1974 Feb;179(2):209–218. doi: 10.1097/00000658-197402000-00019

Portal-systemic shunt in hepatic cirrhosis: does the type of shunt decisively influence the clinical result?

H Bismuth, D Franco, J Hepp
PMCID: PMC1355781  PMID: 4544047

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