The prevalence and significance of leukocytosis in upper gastrointestinal bleeding

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 315, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 233-236

  Chalasani, Naga ^a   Patel, Kiran ^a   Clark, W Scott ^a   Mel Wilcox, C ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemorrhage; Leukocytosis; Outcome of bleeding; Upper gastrointestinal bleeding

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM HEMORRHAGE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0031979825     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000441-199804000-00003     Document Type: Article

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