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Endoscopic therapy for bleeding esophageal varices improves the outcome of Child C cirrhotic patients

✍ Scribed by Shinichiro Hori; Akinobu Takaki; Hiroyuki Okada; Akiko Fujiwara; Ryuta Takenaka; Chiho Makidono; Yasushi Shiratori

Book ID: 108950750
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2006
Tongue: English
Weight: 104 KB
Volume: 21
Category: Article
ISSN: 0815-9319
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2006.04267.x

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