Clinical and endoscopic risk factors in the Mallory-Weiss syndrome

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 805-808

  Bharucha, A E ^a   Gostout, C J ^a   Balm, R K ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING TENDENCY; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALLORY WEISS SYNDROME; MANAGED CARE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MALLORY-WEISS SYNDROME; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030956133     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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