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Measurement of the Hepatic Venous Pressure Gradient and Transjugular Liver Biopsy
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Risk of hepatic vein thrombosis in relation to recent use of oral contraceptives. A case-control study

D Valla, M G Le, T Poynard

    Gastroenterology
    |April 1, 1986
    PubMed

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