Manometry of esophageal varices: Comparison of an endoscopic balloon technique with needle puncture

Gastroenterology

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 1159-1166

  Gertsch, Philippe ^a   Fischer, Gottfried ^b   Kleber, Gerhard ^c   Wheatley, Anthony M ^d   Geigenberger, Gudrun ^e   Sauerbruch, Tilman ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^e Klinikum Schwabing   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALLOON; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS HEMORRHAGE; ESOPHAGUS PRESSURE; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MANOMETRY; NEEDLE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLEROTHERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; HUMAN; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGE; PUNCTURES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0027261541     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0016-5085(93)90962-C     Document Type: Article

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