A new technique of combined endoscopic sclerotherapy and ligation for variceal bleeding

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1090-1093

  Dhiman, Radha K ^a   Chawla, Yogesh K ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENBUCRILATE; POLIDOCANOL;

ADULT; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEATH; DEVICE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENDOSCOPIC SCLEROTHERAPY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MALE; NEEDLE; PILOT STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING; VARICOSIS; VEIN LIGATION;

EID: 0038205314     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v9.i5.1090     Document Type: Article

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