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Endoscopic Treatment of Gastric Variceal Bleeding

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Bleeding from gastric varices is the most life-threatening complication of liver cirrhosis and portal hypertension.

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  1. Department of Internal Medicine, St. Vincent Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Suwon, Seoul, Korea

    Woo Chul Chung

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  1. Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University Anam Hospital, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)

    Hoon Jai Chun

  2. Department of Gastroenterology, Department of Gastroenterology, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)

    Suk-Kyun Yang

  3. Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)

    Myung-Gyu Choi

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Chung, W.C. (2015). Endoscopic Treatment of Gastric Variceal Bleeding. In: Chun, H., Yang, SK., Choi, MG. (eds) Therapeutic Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-55071-3_2

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