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hw:document-type="Focus" hw:document-href="aa80216" data-hwid="aa80216" hw:section-href="aa80216-sec" href="?id=aa80216#aa80216-sec">Cirrhosis: Beta-Blockers for Portal Hypertension and Varices</a></li><li class="HwOptionalAny"><a data-hw-type="Focus" data-hw-document-href="abk4407" data-hw-section="abk4408" hw:document-type="Focus" hw:document-href="abk4407" data-hwid="abk4407" hw:section-href="abk4408" href="?id=abk4407#abk4408">Clopidogrel and Genetic Testing</a></li><li class="HwOptionalAny"><a data-hw-type="OtherDetail" data-hw-document-href="hw190139" data-hw-section="hw190141" hw:document-type="OtherDetail" hw:document-href="hw190139" data-hwid="hw190139" hw:section-href="hw190141" href="?id=hw190139#hw190141">Clotting Factor Replacement for Hemophilia</a></li><li class="HwOptionalAny"><a data-hw-type="Major" data-hw-document-href="aa68134" data-hw-section="acl9941" hw:document-type="Major" hw:document-href="aa68134" data-hwid="aa68134" hw:section-href="acl9941" 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data-hw-section="hw180390" hw:document-type="Mini" hw:document-href="hw180388" data-hwid="hw180388" hw:section-href="hw180390" href="?id=hw180388#hw180390">Hemochromatosis</a></li><li class="HwOptionalAny"><a data-hw-type="Special" data-hw-document-href="tv7907" data-hw-section="tv7908" hw:document-type="Special" hw:document-href="tv7907" data-hwid="tv7907" hw:section-href="tv7908" href="?id=tv7907#tv7908">Hemochromatosis Genetic Screening</a></li><li class="HwOptionalAny"><a data-hw-type="Mini" data-hw-document-href="hw191398" data-hw-section="acl8630" hw:document-type="Mini" hw:document-href="hw191398" data-hwid="hw191398" hw:section-href="acl8630" href="?id=hw191398#acl8630">Hemophilia</a></li><li class="HwOptionalAny"><a data-hw-type="Focus" data-hw-document-href="aa66376" data-hw-section="aa66376-sec" hw:document-type="Focus" hw:document-href="aa66376" data-hwid="aa66376" hw:section-href="aa66376-sec" href="?id=aa66376#aa66376-sec">Hemophilia: Preventing Bleeding 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