Gastric antral vascular ectasia successfully treated by endoscopic electrocoagulation

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 546-549

  Yamada, Masahiko ^a   Nishimura, Daisaku ^a   Hoshino, Hiroshi ^a   Katada, Naoyuki ^a   Sano, Hiroshi ^a   Kato, Katsumoto ^a  

^a Kamo Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endoscopic electrocoagulation; Gastric antral vascular ectasia (GAVE); Liver cirrhosis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH ANTRUM; STOMACH ANTRUM VASCULAR ECTASIA; STOMACH DISEASE;

AGED; ANEMIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE;

EID: 0031869318     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005350050130     Document Type: Article

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