A rare cause of gastrointestinal bleeding: Blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome

Annals of the College of Surgeons of Hong Kong

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 25-28

  Wong, Wai Man ^a   Cheung, Chin Cheung ^a   Lau, Kwok Wai ^a  

^a TUEN MUN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome; Gastrointestinal bleeding; Haemangioma

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLUE NEVUS; BLUE RUBBER BLEB NEVUS SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CHINESE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COLON RESECTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; SKIN HEMANGIOMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0035079926     PISSN: 10284001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2034.2001.00076.x     Document Type: Article

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