Clinical scoring systems for determining the prognosis of gastrointestinal bleeding

Gastroenterology Clinics of North America

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 445-464

  Hussain, Hamid ^a,b   Lapin, Seth ^a,b   Cappell, Mitchell S ^a,b  

^a MAIMONIDES MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0034029055     PISSN: 08898553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0889-8553(05)70122-9     Document Type: Article

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