Sclerotherapy for actively bleeding esophageal varices in male alcoholics with cirrhosis

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-7

  Hartigan, P M ^a   Gebhard, R L ^a   Gregory, P B ^a  

^a VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCLEROTHERAPY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030883345     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-5107(97)70201-3     Document Type: Article

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