Somatostatin alone or combined with emer
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Càndid Villanueva; Jordi Ortiz; Miriam Sàbat; Adolfo Gallego; Xavier Torras; Ger
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Article
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1999
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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trials have shown that somatostatin (SMT) is as effective as sclerotherapy in the treatment of acute variceal bleeding and that the combination of both treatments is more effective than sclerotherapy alone. To assess whether the addition of sclerotherapy improves the efficacy of SMT alone, all patie