Downhill esophageal varices

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 360-362

  Pashankar, Dinesh ^a   Jamieson, Douglas H ^a   Israel, David M ^a  

^a BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEMATEMESIS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION;

ADOLESCENT; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; SCLEROTHERAPY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033512574     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005176-199909000-00024     Document Type: Article

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