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The magnitude and correlates of esophageal Varices among newly diagnosed cirrhotic patients undergoing screening fibre optic endoscope before incident bleeding in North-Western Tanzania; a cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: Bleeding esophageal varices is a deadly complication of liver cirrhosis. Guidelines recommend an early diagnosis of esophageal varices before incident bleeding by screening all patients diagnosed with liver cirrhosis. Though it has been reported elsewhere that the presence of esophageal...

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Autores principales:	Gunda, Daniel W., Kilonzo, Semvua B., Mamballah, Zakhia, Manyiri, Paulina M., Majinge, David C., Jaka, Hyasinta, Kidenya, Benson R., Mazigo, Humphrey D.
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2019
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6884911/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31783802 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12876-019-1123-9

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