Can somatostatin control acute bleeding from oesophageal varices in <it>Schistosoma mansoni </it>patients?[ISRCTN63456799]

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Management of patients with bleeding oesophageal varices comprises of mainly diagnostic endoscopy, sclerotherapy and band ligation. One of the major problems to do any of the above is the active bleeding which makes any intervention...

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Main Authors: Van Marck Eric, Chatterjee Shyama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2004-12-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2334/4/58