Metal and glue: best treatment choice for gastric varices?

Michael V. Chiorean

doi:10.1055/a-0996-9820

Endoscopy, Table of Contents

Endoscopy 2019; 51(10): 913-914
DOI: 10.1055/a-0996-9820

Editorial

Metal and glue: best treatment choice for gastric varices?

Referring to Zhang M et al. p. 936–940

Michael V. Chiorean

Digestive Disease Institute, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, Washington, United States

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