All that glitters is not gold

Gut

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 623-624

  Mookerjee, R P ^a   Jalan, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCTREOTIDE; SOMATOSTATIN; TERLIPRESSIN; VAPREOTIDE; VASOACTIVE AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; BLEEDING; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; FEMALE; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; LIGATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLEROTHERAPY; SHORT SURVEY; SIDE EFFECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0036838463     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.51.5.623     Document Type: Short Survey

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