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Carvedilol versus variceal band ligation for prevention of the first variceal bleed

✍ Scribed by Chia-Chi Wang; Jia-Horng Kao

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2009
Tongue: English
Weight: 52 KB
Volume: 51
Category: Article
ISSN: 0270-9139
DOI: 10.1002/hep.23336

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