Predictive value of the variceal pressure response to continued pharmacological therapy in patients with cirrhosis and portal hypertension

Hepatology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1061-1067

  Escorsell, Àngels ^a,b   Bordas, Josep Maria ^a   Castañeda, Beatriz ^a   Llach, Josep ^a   García Pagán, Joan Carles ^a   Rodés, Joan ^a   Bosch, Jaume ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROPRANOLOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STATISTICS;

EID: 0034096404     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/he.2000.6779     Document Type: Article

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