Treatment of esophageal varices: A randomized controlled trial comparing endoscopic sclerotherapy and EUS-guided sclerotherapy of esophageal collateral veins

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 396-402

  Andrade De Paulo, Gustavo ^a,b   Ardengh, José Celso ^a   Nakao, Frank Shigueo ^a   Ferrari, Angelo Paulo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC SCLEROTHERAPY; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; RECURRENCE; SCLEROTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 32944477382     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2005.10.039     Document Type: Article

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