Gastric Antral Vascular Ectasia: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 854-856

  Herman, Barry E ^a   Vargo, John J ^b   Baum, Stephen ^c   Silverman, Eugene D ^d   Eisold, John ^e  

^a Twin Rivers Gastroenterology Center   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c St Vincent Healthcare Billings   (United States)

^d WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e US Capitol   (United States)

Author keywords

Gastric antral vascular ectasias; Technetium 99m RBCs

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; TECHNETIUM;

AGED; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; KIDNEY FAILURE; LESIONS AND DEFECTS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; REVIEW; SCINTISCANNING; STOMACH ANTRUM; VASCULARIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDIOPATHIC; PYLORIC ANTRUM; TECHNETIUM;

EID: 0030137086     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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