Endoscopic band ligation for nonvariceal bleeding: a review.

Can J Gastroenterol

Department of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición, Mexico City, Mexico.

Published: September 2008

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