Blocking the bleeding way

Gastroenterology

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 230-232

  Blendis, L ^a   Wong, F ^a  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CYTOKINE; ENDOTHELIN; ISOSORBIDE 5 NITRATE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PRAZOSIN; PROPRANOLOL;

BLEEDING; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; EDITORIAL; FLUID RETENTION; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER SINUSOID; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; SODIUM RETENTION; VASOCONSTRICTION; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0031747799     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-5085(98)70389-0     Document Type: Editorial

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