Endoscopic sclerotherapy compared with no specific treatment for the primary prevention of bleeding from esophageal varices. A randomized controlled multicentre trial [ISRCTN03215899]

BACKGROUND: Since esophageal variceal bleeding is associated with a high mortality rate, prevention of bleeding might be expected to result in improved survival. The first trials to evaluate prophylactic sclerotherapy found a marked beneficial effect of prophylactic treatment. These results, however...

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Autores principales: van Buuren, Henk R, Rasch, Marijke C, Batenburg, Piet L, Bolwerk, Clemens JM, Nicolai, Jan J, van der Werf, Sjoerd DJ, Scherpenisse, Joost, Arends, Lidia R, Hattum, Jan van, Rauws, Erik AJ, Schalm, Solko W
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2003
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC194733/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12919638
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-230X-3-22

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