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Comment
. 2020 Sep;52(5):927-928.
doi: 10.1111/apt.15926.

Letter: improve survival! Place early pre-emptive TIPSS in high-risk variceal bleeders

Juan Carlos García-Pagán  1 , Jaume Bosch  1   2   3 , Jonel Trebicka  1   3   4 , Juan G Abraldes  5 , Agustín Albillos  6 , Henning Grønbaek  7 , Álvaro Giráldez  8 , Alexander Zipprich  9 , Christophe Bureau  10 , Virginia Hernández-Gea  1 ; International Variceal Bleeding Observational Study Group, Baveno Cooperation
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Letter: improve survival! Place early pre-emptive TIPSS in high-risk variceal bleeders

Juan Carlos García-Pagán et al. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2020 Sep.
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