A randomized control trial of bi-monthly versus biweekly endoscopic variceal ligation of esophageal varices

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 100, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 2005-2009

  Yoshida, Hiroshi ^a   Mamada, Yasuhiro ^a   Taniai, Nobuhiko ^a   Yamamoto, Kazuhito ^a   Kawano, Youichi ^a   Mizuguchi, Yoshiaki ^a   Shimizu, Tetsuya ^a   Takahashi, Tsubasa ^a   Tajiri, Takashi ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ENDOSCOPE; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; ENDOSCOPIC VARICEAL LIGATION; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIGATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 27744492401     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.41864.x     Document Type: Article

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