Case report: Successful obliteration of a bleeding duodenal varix using endoscopic ligation

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 591-593

  Yeh, Yu Yun ^a   Hou, Ming Chih ^a,b   Lin, Han Chieh ^a   Chang, Full Young ^a   Lee, Shou Dong ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Duodenal varix; Endoscopic variceal ligation; Endosonography

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTERY LIGATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM HEMORRHAGE; DUODENUM BLEEDING; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSIS;

EID: 0031723928     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.1998.tb00695.x     Document Type: Article

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