Prospective randomized trial of endoscopic sclerotherapy versus variceal band ligation for esophageal varices: Influence on gastropathy, gastric varices and variceal recurrence

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 826-832

  Sarin, Shiv K ^a   Govil, Anwrag ^a   Jain, Ajay K ^a   Guptan, Rajkumar C ^a   Issar, Sanjeev K ^a   Jain, Monika ^a   Murthy, Nandguri S ^a  

^a G B PANT HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

cirrhosis; endoscopic sclerotherapy; portal hypertension; variceal bleeding

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; HUMAN; LIGATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCLEROTHERAPY; STOMACH DISEASE;

EID: 0030964814     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8278(97)80248-6     Document Type: Article

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