Endoscopic, ultrasonographic, and US-doppler parameters as indicators of variceal bleeding in patients with Schistosomiasis

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1013-1018

  Martins, Renato Duffles ^a   Szejnfeld, Jacob ^a   Lima, Flávio G ^a   Ferrari, Angelo Paulo ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Endoscopy; Hepatosplenic schistosomiasis; Ultrasonography; US Doppler; Variceal bleeding

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; FEMALE; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; MALE; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 0034092717     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005501930808     Document Type: Article

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