Aspects of the Natural History of Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Cirrhosis and the Effect of Prednisone

Gastroenterology

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 1981, Pages 944-952

  Christensen, Erik ^a,b   Fauerholdt, Lis ^a,b   Schlichting, Poul ^a,b   Juhl, Erik ^a,b   Poulsen, Hemming ^a,b   Tygstrup, Niels ^a,b   CSL, ^a,b  

^a University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^b HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; PREDNISONE;

ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; CHRONIC ACTIVE HEPATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; STOMACH; STOMACH VARICES; THERAPY;

CLINICAL TRIALS; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEPATITIS; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PEPTIC ULCER HEMORRHAGE; PREDNISONE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RISK;

EID: 0019825093     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-5085(81)80123-0     Document Type: Article

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