Multicentre randomised controlled study comparing carvedilol with variceal band ligation in the prevention of variceal rebleeding
โ Scribed by Stanley, Adrian J.; Dickson, Sheila; Hayes, Peter C.; Forrest, Ewan H.; Mills, Peter R.; Tripathi, Dhiraj; Leithead, Joanna A.; MacBeth, Kim; Smith, Lyn; Gaya, Daniel R.; Suzuki, Harry; Young, David
- Book ID
- 126698049
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 695 KB
- Volume
- 61
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0168-8278
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