Is treatment with nadolol effective against the growth of small esophageal varices in patients with cirrhosis?

Nat Clin Pract Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2005 Jan;2(1):18-9. doi: 10.1038/ncpgasthep0063.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial
  • Multicenter Study
  • Randomized Controlled Trial

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / therapeutic use*
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Biopsy
  • Disease Progression
  • Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal
  • Esophageal and Gastric Varices / drug therapy*
  • Esophageal and Gastric Varices / etiology
  • Esophageal and Gastric Varices / pathology
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Hypertension, Portal / complications
  • Liver Cirrhosis / complications*
  • Liver Cirrhosis / pathology
  • Middle Aged
  • Nadolol / therapeutic use*
  • Single-Blind Method
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Adrenergic beta-Antagonists
  • Nadolol