Portal-hypertensive gastropathy develops less in patients with cirrhosis and fundal varices

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1235-1241

  Iwao, Tadashi ^a   Toyonaga, Atsushi ^a   Oho, Kazuhiko ^a   Sakai, Teruhiro ^a   Tayama, Chizuru ^a   Masumoto, Hideo ^a   Sato, Masahiro ^a   Nakahara, Keita ^a   Tanikawa, Kyuichi ^a  

^a Div Gastroenterol Endoscopy   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Endoscopic variceal ligation; Fundal varices; Portal hypertensive gastropathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH DISEASE; STOMACH FUNDUS;

EID: 0030793195     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8278(97)80457-6     Document Type: Article

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