Clinical significance of variceal hemorrhage in recent years in patients with liver cirrhosis and esophageal varices

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1042-1051

  Dong, Kyu Park ^a   Soon, Ho Um ^a,c   Jae, Won Lee ^b   Jung, Bok Lee ^b   Young, Sun Kim ^a   Chul, Hee Park ^a   Yoon, Tae Jin ^a   Hoon, Jai Chun ^a   Hong, Sik Lee ^a   Sang, Woo Lee ^a   Jai, Hyun Choi ^a   Chang, Duck Kim ^a   Ho, Sang Ryu ^a   Jin, Hai Hyun ^a  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

^c Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Esophageal varix; Hemorrhage; Liver cirrhosis; Survival

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALCOHOL; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT; SOMATOSTATIN; VASOPRESSIN;

ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BLEEDING; BRAIN DISEASE; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARACENTESIS; PARTIAL HEPATECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; VARICOSIS;

EID: 4544225292     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2004.03383.x     Document Type: Article

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