Total volume paracentesis decreases variceal pressure, size, and variceal wall tension in cirrhotic patients

Hepatology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 59-62

  Kravetz, David ^a   Romero, Gustavo ^a   Argonz, Julio ^a   Guevara, Monica ^a   Suarez, Alejandro ^a   Abecasis, Raquel ^a   Bildozola, Marcelo ^a   Valero, Jorge ^a   Terg, Ruben ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE GASTROENTEROLOGÍA DR CARLOS BONORINO UDAONDO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS PRESSURE; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PARACENTESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLEROTHERAPY;

EID: 0031012354     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510250111     Document Type: Article

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