Histological estimation of the efficacy of endoscopic laser coagulation therapy for diffuse antral vascular ectasia

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 469-472

  Tominaga, Kazunari ^a   Arakawa, Tetsuo ^a   Taguchi, Makiko ^a   Kuga, Takehiro ^a   Ando, Kenji ^a   Shiba, Masatsugu ^a   Watanabe, Toshio ^a   Takaishi, Osamu ^a   Fujiwara, Yasuhiro ^a   Uchida, Toshiyuki ^a   Higuchi, Kazuhide ^a   Kuroki, Tetsuo ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Argon plasma coagulation therapy; Diffuse antral vascular ectasia (DAVE); Endoscopic laser coagulation therapy; Gastrointestinal bleeding

Indexed keywords

HEMOSTATIC AGENT; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LASER COAGULATION; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH ANTRUM VASCULAR ECTASIA; STOMACH BIOPSY; STOMACH HEMORRHAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033999448     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-200012040-00017     Document Type: Article

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