Is banding ligation for primary prevention of variceal bleeding as effective as beta-blockers, and is it safe? [4]

Hepatology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 196-197

  Triantos, Christos ^a   Vlachogiannakos, Jiannis ^b   Manolakopoulos, Spilios ^c   Burroughs, Andrew ^a   Avgerinos, Alec ^b  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PROPRANOLOL;

CLINICAL TRIAL; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; GASTRIC BANDING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; META ANALYSIS; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOMACH DISEASE; STOMACH VARICES; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN LIGATION; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; LIGATION; METHODOLOGY; NOTE;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; LIGATION; PROPRANOLOL;

EID: 33644805054     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.20881     Document Type: Letter

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