Refusal of endoscopy in cirrhotic patients with child-pugh class A without prior variceal bleeding: An internist dilemma [6]

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 162, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 947-948

  Ghosh, Amit Kumar ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOMACH VARICES;

DECISION MAKING; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 0037156371     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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