Measurement of variceal pressure with an endoscopic pressure sensitive gauge: validation and effect of propranolol therapy in chronic conditions
- 1 January 1996
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Elsevier BV in Journal of Hepatology
- Vol. 24 (1), 66-73
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0168-8278(96)80188-7
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