Injection sclerotherapy for oesophageal
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J. D. Stamatakis; E. R. Howard; H. T. Psacharopoulos; A. P. Mowat
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Article
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1982
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract Oesophageal varices in 21 children with portal hypertension (intrahepatic 13, extrahepatic 8) were treated with sclerotherapy using ethanolamine oleate injected via a fibreoptic endoscope. Repeat endoscopy confirmed variceal obliteration in 18 children with a mean of 3ยท5 (range 1โ8) inj