In vivo comparison of esophageal varices at and above the diaphragmatic high pressure zone using high resolution endoluminal sonography

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 249-252

  Schiano, Thomas D ^a   McCray, William H ^b   Liu, Ji Bin ^b   Baranowski, Robert J ^b   Bellary, Somashekhar V ^b   Black, Martin ^b   Miller, Larry S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Endoscopic ultrasound; Esophagus; Varices

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS PRESSURE; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

ENDOSONOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0031745515     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-199806000-00005     Document Type: Article

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