Blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome causing upper GI hemorrhage: A novel management approach and review

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 943-946

  Dwivedi, Manisha ^a   Misra, Sri Prakash ^a  

^a MLN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; BLUE RUBBER BLEB NEVUS SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTOSCOPY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HEMATEMESIS; HUMAN; MELENA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN HEMANGIOMA; VASCULAR TUMOR; BLUE NEVUS; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEMANGIOMA; PATHOLOGY; SKIN TUMOR; SYNDROME;

ADULT; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, VASCULAR TISSUE; NEVUS, BLUE; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SYNDROME;

EID: 0036615417     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mge.2002.124212     Document Type: Article

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