Endoscopic frontiers in the field of hepatology

Minerva Gastroenterologica e Dietologica

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 101-109

  Clarke, J O ^a   Thuluvath, P J ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Endoscopy; Liver disease, therapy; Liver diseases, diagnosis

Indexed keywords

BILIARY TRACT ENDOSCOPY; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SCLEROTHERAPY; STOMACH DISEASE; ULTRASOUND;

ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES;

EID: 34250853466     PISSN: 00264776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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