Gastrointestinal bleeding in older people

Gastroenterology Clinics of North America

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-36

  Farrell, James J ^a,b   Friedman, Lawrence S ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ANGIODYSPLASIA; ANTICOAGULATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLON ISCHEMIA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM ULCER; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; ENTERITIS; GASTRITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; VARICOSIS;

EID: 0034016360     PISSN: 08898553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0889-8553(05)70106-0     Document Type: Article

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