Evaluation of patient outcome following sclerotherapy for esophageal varices

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 387-393

  Sumino, Michihiro ^a   Toyonaga, Atsushi ^a   Tanikawa, Kyuichi ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endoscopic injection sclerotherapy; Esophageal; Hepatic failure; Liver cirrhosis; Varices

Indexed keywords

MONOETHANOLAMINE OLEATE; SCLEROSING AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPIC SCLEROTHERAPY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CAUSE OF DEATH; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMOSTASIS, ENDOSCOPIC; HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OLEIC ACIDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCLEROSING SOLUTIONS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029973683     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02355029     Document Type: Article

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