Management of variceal haemorrhage in cirrhosis: The relevance of the risk stratification

Gut

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1302-1303

  Amitrano, Lucio ^a   Guardascione, Maria Anna ^a   Menchise, Antonella ^a   Manguso, Francesco ^a   Balzano, Antonio ^a  

^a CARDARELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BILIRUBIN; CEPHALOSPORIN; SOMATOSTATIN;

ADULT; AGED; ASCITES; BRAIN DISEASE; CHILD PUGH SCORE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; LETTER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL FOR END STAGE LIVER DISEASE SCORE; MORTALITY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN LIGATION;

ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; HUMANS;

EID: 80051548570     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: 14683288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.2010.223024     Document Type: Letter

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