Endoscopic sclerotherapy as compared with endoscopic ligation for bleeding esophageal varices.

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Published in N Engl J Med on June 04, 1992

Authors

G V Stiegmann1, J S Goff, P A Michaletz-Onody, J Korula, D Lieberman, Z A Saeed, R M Reveille, J H Sun, S R Lowenstein

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Surgery, University of Colorado, Denver.

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