Practice patterns in screening for varices: An American survey

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 676-682

  Barritt IV, A S ^a   Arguedas, M R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Guidelines; Prevention; Primary prophylaxis; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; STOMACH DISEASE;

ADULT; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; GASTROENTEROLOGY; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 68049148778     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2009.01.002     Document Type: Article

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