Anaesthesia & intensive care medicine
Volume 10, Issue 3 , Pages 131-136 , March 2009

Gastrointestinal tract haemorrhage and ischaemia

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doi: 10.1016/j.mpaic.2008.12.003

Anaesthesia & intensive care medicine
Volume 10, Issue 3 , Pages 131-136 , March 2009

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