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Sherigar, R., Amir, K.A., Bobba, R.K. et al. Abdominal Pain Secondary to Pylephlebitis: An Uncommon Disease of the Portal Venous System, Treated with Local Thrombolytic Therapy. Dig Dis Sci 50, 983–987 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-005-2675-9
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