The treatment of portal hypertension: a meta-analytic review.

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Published in Hepatology on July 01, 1995

Authors

G D'Amico1, L Pagliaro, J Bosch

Author Affiliations

1: Divisione di Medicina-Instituto di Clinica Medica R, Università di Palermo, Ospedale V Cervello, Spain.

Associated clinical trials:

Early Use of TIPSS in Patients With Cirrhosis and Variceal Bleeding (Early TIPSS) | NCT02377141

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