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Portal Hypertension: Varices

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A 52-year-old man presented to the emergency department with a 2-day history of haematemesis and melaena. He had no known medical history.

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  1. Liver Unit, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TH, UK

    Audrey Dillon & Dhiraj Tripathi

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  1. Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom

    Tim Cross

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Dillon, A., Tripathi, D. (2017). Portal Hypertension: Varices. In: Cross, T. (eds) Liver Disease in Clinical Practice. In Clinical Practice. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43126-0_3

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