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. 1959 Sep;150(3):428–440. doi: 10.1097/00000658-195909000-00008

The Treatment of Ascites by Side to Side Portacaval Shunt *

C Stuart Welch, Harold F Welch, John H Carter
PMCID: PMC1613397  PMID: 13843822

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