Endoscopic and pharmacological secondary prophylaxis in children and adolescents with esophageal varices

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 93-98

  Dos Santos, Juliana Magalhães Reis ^a   Ferreira, Alexandre Rodrigues ^a   Fagundes, Eleonora Druve Tavares ^a   Ferreira, Amanda Pifano Soares ^b   Ferreira, Letícia Sauma ^b   Magalhães, Maria Carolina Ribeiro ^b   Bittencourt, Paulo Fernando Souto ^a   Carvalho, Simone Diniz ^a   Filho, Paulo Pimenta Figueiredo ^a   Penna, Francisco José ^a  

^a Minas Gerais State Hospital Foundation   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

children; esophageal varices; secondary prophylaxis

Indexed keywords

PROPRANOLOL;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCLEROTHERAPY; SECONDARY PREVENTION; STOMACH FUNDUS; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; GASTRIC FUNDUS; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; LIGATION; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROPRANOLOL; RECURRENCE; SCLEROTHERAPY; STOMACH DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84872344199     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: 15364801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPG.0b013e318267c334     Document Type: Article

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