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Comment
. 2016 Jul;65(7):1228-30.
doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2016-311527. Epub 2016 Mar 2.

Red signs and not severity of cirrhosis should determine non-selective β-blocker treatment in Child-Pugh C cirrhosis with small varices: increased risk of hepatorenal syndrome and death beyond 6 months of propranolol use

Georgios N Kalambokis  1 , Gerasimos Baltayiannis  2 , Leonidas Christou  1 , Dimitrios Christodoulou  2
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Red signs and not severity of cirrhosis should determine non-selective β-blocker treatment in Child-Pugh C cirrhosis with small varices: increased risk of hepatorenal syndrome and death beyond 6 months of propranolol use

Georgios N Kalambokis et al. Gut. 2016 Jul.
No abstract available

Keywords: ASCITES; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PORTAL HYPERTENSION.

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