Survey of attitudes of AASLD members toward balloon tamponade [3]

Hepatology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1435-1436

  Bajaj, Jasmohan Singh ^a   Ananthakrishnan, Ashwin ^a   Saeian, Kia ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALLOON; BALLOON TAMPONADE; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH VARICES; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BALLOON DILATATION; DATA COLLECTION; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HUMANS; INTERNET; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 20044396924     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.20737     Document Type: Letter

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