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Recognition of downhill esophageal varices in hemodialysis patients requires a high index of clinical suspicion

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  1. Department of Internal Medicine, Barnes Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO, USA

    Umadevi Muthyala

  2. Division of Nephrology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA

    Marie D. Philipneri, Fadi A. Hussein & Krista L. Lentine

  3. Center for Outcomes Research, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Salus Center, 2nd Floor, 3545 Lafayette Avenue, St. Louis, MO, 63104, USA

    Krista L. Lentine

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Muthyala, U., Philipneri, M.D., Hussein, F.A. et al. Recognition of downhill esophageal varices in hemodialysis patients requires a high index of clinical suspicion. Clin Exp Nephrol 13, 677–678 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10157-009-0204-4

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