Is endoscopic band ligation the gold standard for gastric antral vascular ectasia?

Marcel Tantau; Dana Crisan

doi:10.1055/a-1006-2763

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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Endosc Int Open 2019; 07(12): E1630-E1631
DOI: 10.1055/a-1006-2763

Editorial

Is endoscopic band ligation the gold standard for gastric antral vascular ectasia?

Marcel Tantau

¹“Iuliu Hatieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

²“Octavian Fodor” Regional Institute of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

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Dana Crisan

¹“Iuliu Hatieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

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