Treatment of bleeding gastric varices

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1631-1633

  Northup, Patrick G ^a   Caldwell, Stephen H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ENBUCRILATE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; OCTREOTIDE; TERLIPRESSIN; VASOPRESSIN;

BALLOON; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SCLEROTHERAPY; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENIC VEIN; STOMACH VARICES; STOMACH VARICES BLEEDING; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN THROMBOSIS; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; NOTE;

ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS;

EID: 33644808153     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: 14401746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2005.04042.x     Document Type: Editorial

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