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Efficacy of transient elastography in screening for large esophageal varices in patients with suspicious or proven liver cirrhosis

✍ Scribed by Huay-Min WANG; Gin-Ho LO; Wen-Chi CHEN; Ping-I HSU; Hsien-Chung YU; Chiun-Ku LIN; Hoi-Hung CHAN; Wei-Lun TSAI; Feng-Woei TSAY; Tsan-Ping LIU; E-Ming WANG; Kwok-Hung LAI

Book ID: 114897788
Publisher: Wiley (Blackwell Publishing)
Year: 2012
Tongue: English
Weight: 324 KB
Volume: 13
Category: Article
ISSN: 1751-2972
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-2980.2012.00603.x

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