Oesophageal variceal banding: Report of the first eight cases in Kenya

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 395-396

  Jani, P G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST CONTROL; ESOPHAGUS HEMORRHAGE; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; GASTROSCOPY; HUMAN; INFECTION COMPLICATION; LIGATION; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCLEROTHERAPY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031433318     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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