Detection of bleeding due to small bowel cholesterol emboli using helical CT examination in gastrointestinal bleeding of obscure origin

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 94, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 3623-3625

  Miller, Frank H ^a   Kline, Mitchell J ^a   Vanagunas, Arvydas D ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SCINTISCANNING; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FAT EMBOLISM; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMBOLISM, CHOLESTEROL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; JEJUNUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032787186     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(99)00679-6     Document Type: Article

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