Endoscopic ultrasound in the diagnosis of watermelon stomach

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 104-106

  Avunduk, Canan ^a   Hampf, Frederick ^a  

^a BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Gastric vascularectasia; Watermelon stomach

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH ANTRUM; STOMACH DISEASE; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD VESSELS; GASTROSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PYLORIC ANTRUM;

EID: 0030045967     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-199603000-00005     Document Type: Article

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