"Downhill" esophageal varices as an iatrogenic complication of upper extremity hemodialysis access [13]

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 216-218

  Blam, Michael E ^a,b   Kobrin, Sidney ^a   Siegelman, Evan S ^a   Scotiniotis, Ilias A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Gastroenterology Center of Connecticut   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SCINTISCANNING; ADULT; AZYGOS VEIN; CASE REPORT; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LETTER; LIVER FUNCTION; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR ACCESS;

EID: 0036142299     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2002.05417.x     Document Type: Letter

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