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Mortality with oesophageal varices: different things to different people
  1. K S Henley
  1. Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA; Khenley@med.umich.edu

https://doi.org/10.1136/gut.51.6.894

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    Gut2001;49:607–8
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    ) has summarised reports showing that mortality from bleeding varices has significantly decreased in the past few decades. Because of the limited follow up in some of these publications, we have examined the published mortality from bleeding varices where follow up data were available for at least one year (group BV). For comparison, similar data were collected from studies in patients with known varices who had not bled (group NBV).

    For inclusion, patients had to be reported in a randomised controlled trial, published in full …

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