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The Baveno IV Workshop: European Consensus Meeting on Portal Hypertension and Comparison with Japanese Guidelines

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In this chapter introducing the results of the discussions that took place in the consensus meeting on portal hypertension held on April 10–11, 2015 in Baveno, Italy, the Japanese guidelines published in 2016 are compared with the Baveno consensus on portal hypertension. The Baveno VI workshop honors the 25th anniversary of its organizer Prof. Roberto de Franchis.

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  1. Department of Gastroenterology, Mishuku Hospital, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Japan

    Naoya Murashima

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    Katsutoshi Obara

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Murashima, N. (2019). The Baveno IV Workshop: European Consensus Meeting on Portal Hypertension and Comparison with Japanese Guidelines. In: Obara, K. (eds) Clinical Investigation of Portal Hypertension. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-7425-7_16

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