Endoscopic band ligation of oesophageal varices

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 437-446

  Tait, I S ^a   Krige, J E J ^a   Terblanche, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; DEVICE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; HUMAN; LIGATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; META ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLEROTHERAPY;

COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; LIGATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SCLEROTHERAPY;

EID: 0032941567     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2168.1999.01109.x     Document Type: Article

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