Influence of extravariceal collateral channel pattern on recurrence of esophageal varices after sclerotherapy

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 715-719

  Sakai, Teruhiro ^a   Iwao, Tadashi ^a   Oho, Kazuhiko ^a   Toyonaga, Atsushi ^a   Tanikawa, Kyuichi ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Esophageal varices; Gastrorenal veins; Sclerotherapy; Transhepatic portography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCLEROTHERAPY; VEIN;

EID: 0030816845     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02936945     Document Type: Article

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