Gastric antral vascular ectasia (watermelon stomach) in patients with systemic sclerosis

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 341-346

  Watson, Maria ^a   Hally, Robert J ^a   Mccue, Peter A ^a   Varga, John ^a   Jiménez, Sergio A ^a,b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY BILLROTH I; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; NEODYMIUM LASER; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; STOMACH ANTRUM; STOMACH ANTRUM RESECTION; STOMACH DISEASE; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; TRANSFUSION;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PYLORIC ANTRUM; RECURRENCE; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 0030038431     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.1780390226     Document Type: Article

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