David Westaby, Brian R. D. Macdougall, Walter Melia, Andrew Theodossi, Roger Williams – 1 January 1983 – In a study designed to compare the efficacy and safety of two techniques of injection sclerotherapy, 40 patients (30 with cirrhosis and 10 with portal vein block) were randomly allocated to the sheath or free‐hand technique. Although the former was associated with significantly less bleeding within the first 24 hr of injection (p < 0.05) but more postinjection pain (p < 0.05) and esophageal stricture, there was a trend toward earlier obliteration of varices.

Davide Festi, Antonio Maria Morselli Labate, Aldo Roda, Franco Bazzoli, Roberto Frabboni, Paola Rucci, Francesco Taroni, Rita Aldini, Enrico Roda, Luigi Barbara – 1 January 1983 – The aims of this study were to determine the diagnostic effectiveness of fasting and postprandial serum bile acid determinations in liver diseases, and to compare results with those of conventional liver function tests.

Ian R. Mackay – 1 January 1983

Sheila M. Cohen – 1 January 1983

Irwin M. Arias – 1 January 1983

Jack R. Wands – 1 January 1983

Adrianne E. Rogers – 1 January 1983

1 January 1983

Hans Popper, Swan N. Thung, Michael A. Gerber, Stephen C. Hadler, Mario De Monzon, Antonio Ponzetto, Elias Anzola, Dalia Rivera, Alejandro Mondolfi, Ana Bracho, Donald P. Francis, John L. Gerin, James E. Maynard, Robert H. Purcell – 1 January 1983 – To supplement a detailed epidemiologic study of an outbreak of viral hepatitis in Venezuelan Indians in isolated valleys, apparently resulting from delta agent infection, 10 autopsy specimens were studied histologically and immunocytochemically, and five biopsy specimens were examined.

1 January 1983