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CASE REPORT: Fatal Spontaneous Gallbladder Variceal Bleeding in a Patient with Alcoholic Cirrhosis

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  1. Division of Gastroenterology, Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, California, USA

    Eric C. Chu

  2. Department of Pathology, Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, California, USA

    Wilson Chick

  3. Division of Gastroenterology and Transplantation Institute, Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, California, USA

    Donald J. Hillebrand & Ke-Qin Hu

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Chu, E.C., Chick, W., Hillebrand, D.J. et al. CASE REPORT: Fatal Spontaneous Gallbladder Variceal Bleeding in a Patient with Alcoholic Cirrhosis. Dig Dis Sci 47, 2682–2685 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1021092719209

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