AND SHOU-DONG LEE'" Endoscopic variceal injection sclerotherapy (EVS) has been well accepted as the procedure of choice for the treatment. of acute esophageal variceal bleeding and serves as the standard for comparison of new ther-
Evaluation of endoscopic injection sclerotherapy with and without simultaneous ligation for the treatment of esophageal varices
β Scribed by Yoshiyuki Nishikawa; Yasushi Hosokawa; Toshihiko Doi; Hisashi Endo; Masahito Tanimizu; Ichinosuke Hyodo; Kenji Jinno; Tatsuro Sakata; Jun Tomoda
- Publisher
- Springer Japan
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 55 KB
- Volume
- 34
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0944-1174
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