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<journal-id>2341-4545</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[GE-Portuguese Journal of Gastroenterology]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[GE Port J Gastroenterol]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2341-4545</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Sociedade Portuguesa de Gastrenterologia]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S2341-45452021000100002</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1159/000510060</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt: A Bridge to Clinical Stability in Decompensated Cirrhosis]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="pt"><![CDATA[Shunt portossistémico intra-hepático transjugular: uma ponte para a estabilidade clínica na cirrose descompensada]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[Reis]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Daniela]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[Ferreira]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Carlos Noronha]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, EPE Serviço de Gastrenterologia e Hepatologia ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Lisbon ]]></addr-line>
<country>Portugal</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa Clínica Universitária de Gastrenterologia ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Lisbon ]]></addr-line>
<country>Portugal</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>27</day>
<month>02</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>27</day>
<month>02</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>28</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>2</fpage>
<lpage>4</lpage>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Portal hypertension]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Advanced cirrhosis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Hipertensão portal]]></kwd>
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<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Shunt portossistémico intra-hepático transjugular]]></kwd>
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