Early administration of somatostatin and efficacy of sclerotherapy in acute oesophageal variceal bleeds: the European Acute Bleeding Oesophageal Variceal Episodes (ABOVE) randomised trial
- 1 November 1997
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Elsevier in The Lancet
- Vol. 350 (9090) , 1495-1499
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(97)05099-x
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