Endoscopic screening for varices in cirrhotic patients: data from a national endoscopic database

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 82-88

  Kovalak, Mary ^a   Lake, Jeremy ^a   Mattek, Nora ^a   Eisen, Glenn ^a   Lieberman, David ^a   Zaman, Atif ^a  

^a PROVIDENCE PORTLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RACE; SCREENING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VARICOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845504693     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2006.08.023     Document Type: Article

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