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The magnitude and correlates of esophageal Varices among newly diagnosed cirrhotic patients undergoing screening fibre optic endoscope before incident bleeding in North-Western Tanzania; a cross-sectional study

Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12876-019-1123-9

Published Online: 2019-11-29

Published Print: 2019-12

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Authors

Gunda, Daniel W. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2701-9321
Kilonzo, Semvua B.

Mamballah, Zakhia

Manyiri, Paulina M.

Majinge, David C.

Jaka, Hyasinta

Kidenya, Benson R.

Mazigo, Humphrey D.
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Article History

Received: 19 December 2018

Accepted: 19 November 2019

First Online: 29 November 2019

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: Prior permission to conduct and publish the results from this study was sought from the Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences (CUHAS)/ Bugando Medical Center (BMC) joint ethical committee. Informed written consent was obtained from all participants in this study. The patient’s information was handled by the researchers alone and their identifiers including names and registration numbers were not included in the analysis to further maintain confidentiality.

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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests

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