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<journal-title><![CDATA[GE-Portuguese Journal of Gastroenterology]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[GE Port J Gastroenterol]]></abbrev-journal-title>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Sociedade Portuguesa de Gastrenterologia]]></publisher-name>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[&#8220;Hepatologia em Rede&#8221;: A Portuguese Association for the Study of the Liver (APEF) Initiative for the Improvement of Research in Liver Disease in Portugal]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="pt"><![CDATA[&#8220;Hepatologia em Rede&#8221;- uma iniciativa da Associação Portuguesa para o Estudo do Fígado (APEF) para a investigação em hepatologia em Portugal]]></article-title>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Oliveira]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Rui Caetano]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rodrigues]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Susana]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Santo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Joana Espírito]]></given-names>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Germano de Sousa - Centro de Diagnóstico Histopatológico CEDAP  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Coimbra ]]></addr-line>
<country>Portugal</country>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Coimbra Institute for Clinical and Biomedical Research (iCBR) Centre of Investigation on Genetics and Oncobiology (CIMAGO) ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Coimbra ]]></addr-line>
<country>Portugal</country>
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<institution><![CDATA[,University of Bern Inselspital, Bern University Hospital Department of Visceral Surgery and Medicine]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Bern ]]></addr-line>
<country>Switzerland</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>30</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2023</year>
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<day>30</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2023</year>
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<volume>30</volume>
<numero>6</numero>
<fpage>72</fpage>
<lpage>74</lpage>
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