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CASE REPORT: Herpes Simplex Esophagitis in Patients with Liver Disease

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  1. Service d’Hépato-Gastroentérologie, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, F-75571, Paris Cedex 12, France

    Arnaud Pauwels, Nicolas Carbonell, Gilles Galula, Djamila Mohand-Mamar, Victor-Georges Levy & Raoul Poupon

  2. Service de Réanimation Polyvalente, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, F-75571, Paris Cedex 12, France

    Eric Maury

  3. Service d’Anatomie Pathologique, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, F-75571, Paris Cedex 12, France

    Anne-Sophie de Lajarthe-Thirouard

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Pauwels, A., Carbonell, N., Galula, G. et al. CASE REPORT: Herpes Simplex Esophagitis in Patients with Liver Disease. Dig Dis Sci 47, 2189–2191 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1020122924580

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