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World J Gastroenterol. Jul 28, 2011; 17(28): 3347-3352
Published online Jul 28, 2011. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i28.3347
Published online Jul 28, 2011. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i28.3347
Risk factors for predicting early variceal rebleeding after endoscopic variceal ligation
Liang Xu, Feng Ji, Qin-Wei Xu, Mie-Qing Zhang, Department of Gastroenterology, First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, 79 Qingchun Road, Hangzhou 310003, Zhejiang Province, China
Author contributions: Xu L wrote the manuscript and collected some of the data in addition to performing statistical analysis; Ji F designed the study; Xu QW co-wrote the manuscript; Zhang MQ collected most of the data.
Correspondence to: Dr. Feng Ji, Department of Gastroenterology, First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, 79 Qingchun Road, Hangzhou 310003, China. jifeng1126@sina.com
Telephone: +86-571-87236568 Fax: +86-571-87236611
Received: October 19, 2010
Revised: February 26, 2011
Accepted: March 5, 2011
Published online: July 28, 2011
Revised: February 26, 2011
Accepted: March 5, 2011
Published online: July 28, 2011
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