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Endoscopic sclerotherapy using absolute alcohol.
To assess the efficacy of absolute alcohol as a sclerosant, endoscopic sclerotherapy was carried out using a conventional endoscope and an indigenously designed injector. Forty three patients with portal hypertension who had presented with history of variceal bleeding were included in the study. Portal hypertension was caused by cirrhosis in 30 (69.8%), non-cirrhotic portal fibrosis in eight (1...
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عنوان ژورنال: Gut
سال: 1987
ISSN: 0017-5749
DOI: 10.1136/gut.28.6.777-b