Massive lower gastrointestinal hemorrhage in patients with portal hypertensive enteropathy: A report of two cases

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 44, Issue 16, 1997, Pages 1029-1032

  Santoro, G A ^a,c   Aiello, C ^a   Galloro, G ^b   Savino, N ^a   Bucci, L ^a  

^a Dept of Gen Surgery 2nd Division   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Porta systemic shunt; Portal hypertension; Rectal varices

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONOSCOPY; ENTEROPATHY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; LASER COAGULATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; COLONOSCOPY; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; ILEUM; LASER COAGULATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTASYSTEMIC SHUNT, TRANSJUGULAR INTRAHEPATIC; RECTUM; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 0030744457     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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