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MELD Score Does Not Underestimate Short-Term Mortality Risk in Women Versus Men After TIPS Creation

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    Nasya Mendoza-Elias

  2. Department of Radiology, University of Illinois Health, 1740 West Taylor Street, MC 931, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA

    Ron C. Gaba

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Mendoza-Elias, N., Gaba, R.C. MELD Score Does Not Underestimate Short-Term Mortality Risk in Women Versus Men After TIPS Creation. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 41, 1453–1454 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-018-1908-1

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