Extraesophageal Varices

Digestive Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 232-241

  Kotfila, Ronald ^a   Trudeau, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Ectopic varices; Endoscopy; Portal hypertension; Sclerotherapy

Indexed keywords

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; HUMAN; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; REVIEW; VARICOSIS; VASCULARIZATION;

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 0032109495     PISSN: 02572753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000016871     Document Type: Review

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