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Endoscopic variceal ligation—is there any benefit to placing more than six bands?

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The synopsis was written by Rachel Jones, Associate Editor, Nature Clinical Practice.

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  1. S Tang is Director of Endoscopy and Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine at the UT Southwestern Medical Center. DC Rockey is Chief of the Division of Digestive and Liver Diseases, Professor of Internal Medicine, and Dr Carey G King Jr and Dr Henry M Winans Sr Chair in Internal Medicine at the UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.,

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Tang, Sj., Rockey, D. Endoscopic variceal ligation—is there any benefit to placing more than six bands?. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 5, 198–199 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpgasthep1066

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