“…We would like to acknowledge the contributions of Zongdao Shi, Ping Wang, Yan Wu, E Chen, Linda Ng and Ian Needleman as authors of the original review published in 2013 (Shi 2013).…”
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“…We would like to acknowledge the contributions of Zongdao Shi, Ping Wang, Yan Wu, E Chen, Linda Ng and Ian Needleman as authors of the original review published in 2013 (Shi 2013).…”
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“…Although invasive oesophago-gastro-duodenoscopy remains the gold standard for the diagnosis and management of varices in the upper gastro-intestinal tract, recent evidence shows that a non-invasive test such as transient elastography can detect people with clinically significant portal hypertension (CSPH), who are at risk of bleeding (North Italian 1988;Foucher 2006;Stefanescu 2011;Shi 2013;Garcia-Tsao 2017).…”
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