Idiopathic mesenteric varices causing lower gastrointestinal bleeding

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 177-179

  Schilling, Dieter ^a,b   Maier, Mathias ^a   Kohler, Bernd ^a   Würmel, Walter ^b   Jakob, Peter ^a   Riemann, Jürgen Ferdinand ^a  

^a KLINIKUM LUDWIGSHAFEN   (Germany)

^b Klinikim Ludwigshafen gGmbH ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal bleeding; Mesenteric varices

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON; COLON HEMORRHAGE; COLONOSCOPY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; ILEUM; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERY; MESENTERY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VARICOSIS;

EID: 0029874679     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-199602000-00016     Document Type: Article

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