TY - BOOK AU - Haytham Abdallah Katamish AU - Ayman Yousry Abdelraheem , AU - Moataz Serry Syam , AU - Rabab Fouad Emam , TI - Comparative study between endoscopic band ligation versus propranolol versus carvedilol for primary prophylaxis of variceal bleeding / PY - 2013/// CY - Cairo : PB - Haytham Abdallah Katamish , KW - Alkaline phosphatase KW - Endothelin KW - Hemoglobin N1 - Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Tropical Medicine; Issued also as CD N2 - Portal hypertension is one of the most significant complications of both acute and chronic liver diseases. it generally develops as a result of an increase in vascular resistance at the pre-hepatic, intra-hepatic, or post-hepatic level. An increase in portal blood flow may also contribute. The dominat cause of portal hypertension relates to liver cirrhosis which increase resistance through the hepatic sinusoid UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -