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Oesophageal varices in patients with liver cirrhosis attending a major tertiary hospital in Ghana

INTRODUCTION: Oesophageal variceal bleeding is a potentially fatal consequence of portal hypertension in cirrhotic patients. In Ghana, bleeding oesophageal varices (OV) are a significant cause of acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding with comparatively high mortality. This study was to determine the...

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Autores principales:	Duah, Amoako, Nkrumah, Kofi Nyaako, Tachi, Kenneth
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	The African Field Epidemiology Network 2018
Materias:	Research
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6691363/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31447987 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2018.31.230.16657

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