Expanding consensus in portal hypertension: Report of the Baveno VI Consensus Workshop: Stratifying risk and individualizing care for portal hypertension.

J Hepatol

Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, University of Milan, Gastroenterology Unit, Luigi Sacco University Hospital, Milan, Italy. Electronic address:

Published: September 2015

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