Primary prophylaxis of esophageal variceal bleeding in cirrhotic patients;Emorragia da rottura di varici esofagee nella cirrosi epatica: Quale profilassi primaria?

Recenti Progressi in Medicina

Volumn 99, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 607-610

  Leuci, Domenico ^a,b   Pomarico, Giuseppe ^a   Casucci, Nunzio ^a   Fucci, Benedetto ^a   D'Alitto, Nicoletta ^a   Caldarone, Antonio ^a  

^a ASL BAT   (Italy)

^b Presidio Ospedaliero Lorenzo Bonomo   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endoscopic band ligation; Esophageal variceal bleeding; Hepatic cirrhosis; Non selective beta blockers; Primary prophylaxis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEATH; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ESOPHAGUS HEMORRHAGE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; PATIENT SELECTION; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AGED; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCES AS TOPIC; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; LIGATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 59249092712     PISSN: 00341193     EISSN: 00341193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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