Jejunal Varices as a Cause of Massive Gastrointestinal Bleeding - A Case Report

Kurume Medical Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 227-230

  Eriguchi, Naofumi ^a   Aoyagi, Shigeaki ^a   Hara, Masao ^a   Miyazaki, Takashi ^a   Tanaka, Masatoshi ^a   Toyonaga, Atsushi ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Jejunal varices; Massive Gl bleeding; Portal hypertension; Small bowel varices

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; JEJUNUM; JEJUNUM DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; VARICOSIS; VASCULARIZATION;

FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; JEJUNAL DISEASES; JEJUNUM; MIDDLE AGED; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 0031614027     PISSN: 00235679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2739/kurumemedj.45.227     Document Type: Article

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