The Effect of Hematemesis Type on Outcomes in Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding
1Department of Medicine, Division of Digestive Diseases, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
The American Journal of Gastroenterology
|June 28, 2018
Abstract
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