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Idiopathic portal hypertension and chronic arsenic poisoning

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Chainuvati, T., Viranuvatti, V. Idiopathic portal hypertension and chronic arsenic poisoning. Digest Dis Sci 24, 70–73 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01297241

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