Band ligation vs endoscopic sclerotherapy in esophageal varices: A prospective randomized comparison

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 192-196

  Shafqat, Farzana ^a   Khan, Anwaar A ^a   Alam, Altaf ^a   Butt, Arshad K ^a   Shah, S Waqar H ^a   Naqvi, Altaf Baqir ^a  

^a SHAIKH ZAYED HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SCLEROSING AGENT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; LIGATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; RETREATMENT; SAFETY; SCLEROTHERAPY; SURVIVAL RATE;

ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; LIGATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; RETREATMENT; SAFETY; SCLEROSING SOLUTIONS; SCLEROTHERAPY; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0032106791     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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