Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 69, Issue 4 , Pages 175-178 , April 2006

Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Manifesting Esophageal Variceal Bleeding

  • Chia-Pei Tang

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Yi-Shin Huang

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr. Yi-Shin Huang, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, 201, Section 2, Shih-Pai Road, Taipei 112, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Shyh-Haw Tsay

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, and National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Full-Young Chang

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Shou-Dong Lee

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Received 21 July 2005 ,Accepted 19 December 2005.

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PII: S1726-4901(09)70201-1

doi: 10.1016/S1726-4901(09)70201-1

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 69, Issue 4 , Pages 175-178 , April 2006

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