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A randomized trial of somatostatin (S) versus vasopresin plus nitroglycerin (V/N) in the treatment of acute variceal bleeding (AVB)

✍ Scribed by Rguez-Moreno, F.; Santolaria, F.; Glez-Reimers, E.; Gómez, J.L.; Banista, N.; Conde, A.; Martínez, A.; Rodríguez, E.


Book ID
122925067
Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1991
Tongue
English
Weight
74 KB
Volume
13
Category
Article
ISSN
0168-8278

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