Clinical implications of the white nipple sign and its role in the diagnosis of esophageal variceal hemorrhage

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 91, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2103-2109

  Hou, Ming Chih ^c   Lin, Han Chieh ^c   Kuo, Benjamin Ing Tiau ^c   Lee, Fa Yauh ^c   Schmidt, C Max ^a   Lee, Shou Dong ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIPPLE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0029817459     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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