Pressure of intraoesophageal varices assessed by fine needle puncture: Its relation to endoscopic signs and severity of liver disease in patients with cirrhosis

Gut

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1989, Pages 228-232

  Kleber, G ^a,b   Sauerbruch, T ^a   Fischer, G ^a   Paumgartner, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ASCITES; BILIRUBIN; BLOOD PRESSURE; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; SERUM ALBUMIN; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0024520583     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.30.2.228     Document Type: Article

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