Her medical history included liver cirrhosis secondary to ethanol abuse, ascites, portal hypertension, esophageal varices (with previous ... An upper gastrointestinal endoscopy was performed ...

Background and Aims: Recent progress in the treatment of variceal bleeding might have reduced the impact of variceal bleeding on survival in patients with esophageal varices. We conducted a ...

Dysbiosis exists in unaffected relatives of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD): emphasising the critical phases in the developmental trajectory of gut microbiota ...