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. 1963 Nov;158(5):820–826. doi: 10.1097/00000658-196311000-00010

The Oral Ammonium Tolerance Test as Aid in the Investigation of Suspected Esophago-Gastric Varices

William V McDermott Jr, C J W Huston

PMCID: PMC1408551 PMID: 14074071

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