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World J Gastroenterol. Aug 28, 2005; 11(32): 5064-5067
Published online Aug 28, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i32.5064
Recurrent thrombotic occlusion of a transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic stent-shunt due to activated protein C resistance
Elmar Siewert, Jan Salzmann, Edmund Purucker, Karl Schürmann, Siegfried Matern
Elmar Siewert, Jan Salzmann, Edmund Purucker, Siegfried Matern, Department of Internal Medicine III, Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
Karl Schürmann, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
Author contributions: All authors contributed equally to the work.
Correspondence to: Dr. Elmar Siewert, Pauwelsstr. 30, Department of Internal Medicine III, Aachen University, Aachen D-52074, Germany. siewert@rwth-aachen.de
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Received: December 30, 2004
Revised: January 10, 2005
Accepted: January 13, 2005
Published online: August 28, 2005
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