Improving primary prophylaxis of variceal bleeding by adapting therapy to the clinical stage of cirrhosis. A competing-risk meta-analysis of individual participant data

By sjmartinez • December 19, 2023

Villanueva C, Sapena V, Lo GH, Seo YS, Shah HA, Singh V, Tripathi D, Schepke M, Gheorghe C, Bonilha DQ, Jutabha R, Wang HM, Rodrigues SG, Brujats A, Lee HA, Azam Z, Kumar P, Hayes PC, Sauerbruch T, Chen WC, Iacob S, Libera ED, Jensen DM, Alvarado E, Torres F, Bosch J; Baveno Cooperation-a EASL Consortium. Improving primary prophylaxis of variceal bleeding by adapting therapy to the clinical stage of cirrhosis. A competing-risk meta-analysis of individual participant data. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2023 Dec 18. doi: 10.1111/apt.17824. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38108646.

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