Prevalence of 'deep'rectal varices in patients with cirrhosis: An EUS-based study

Liver International

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1202-1205

  Wiechowska Kozłowska, Anna ^a,b   Białek, Andrzej ^c   Milkiewicz, Piotr ^a,c  

^a M Curie Hospital   (Poland)

^b Ministry of Internal Affairs Hospital   (Poland)

^c POMERANIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Endoscopic ultrasound; EUS; Portal hypertension; Rectum; Varices

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; RECTOSCOPY; RECTUM VARIX; STOMACH VARICES; VARICOSIS; COLONOSCOPY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RECTUM; VASCULARIZATION;

COLONOSCOPY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECTUM; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 70350077632     PISSN: 14783223     EISSN: 14783231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-3231.2009.02047.x     Document Type: Article

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