Two different doses and duration schedules of somatostatin -14 in the treatment of patients with bleeding oesophageal varices: A nonrandomised controlled study [1]

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 171-172

  Avgerinos, A ^a   Viazis, N ^a   Vlachogiannakos, J ^a   Poulianos, G ^a   Armonis, A ^a   Manolakopoulos, S ^a   Raptis, S ^a  

^a EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOMATOSTATIN 14;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0033971104     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0168-8278(00)80206-8     Document Type: Letter

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