Does elective sclerotherapy improve the
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Olivier Ink; Thierry Martin; Thierry Poynard; Marc Reville; Marie-Laure Anciaux;
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Article
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1992
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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We conducted a prospective, multicenter, randomized trial to compare the efficacy of sclerotherapy plus propranolol with that of propranolol alone in the prevention of recurrent gastroesophageal bleeding in severely cirrhotic patients. For 2 yr (1987 to 1988) 131 patients (96% of whom were alcoholic