The duodenal diverticulum: An exceptional site of massive bleeding

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 45, Issue 20, 1998, Pages 603-605

  Mosimann, François ^a   Brönnimann, Benedict ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Duodenal diverticulum; Gastrointestinal bleeding

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DUODENUM DIVERTICULUM; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; DIVERTICULUM; DUODENAL DISEASES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS;

EID: 0031966961     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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