An evaluation of emergency sclerotherapy of varices in randomized trials: looking the needle in the eye.

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Published in Endoscopy on August 01, 2006

Authors

C K Triantos1, J Goulis, D Patch, G V Papatheodoridis, G Leandro, D Samonakis, E Cholongitas, A K Burroughs

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1: Liver Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Medicine, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK.

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