Intestinal bleeding due to a stromal tumor in a Meckel's diverticulum

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 147-149

  Stolk, Mark F ^a   De Jong, Annemiek E ^a   Van Ramshorst, Bert ^a   Biemans, Johannes M ^a   Blomjous, Frans J ^a   Timmer, Robin ^a  

^a ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMANGIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MECKEL DIVERTICULUM; MELENA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROMA; TUMOR; ENTEROPATHY; LEIOMYOMA; MIDDLE AGED;

GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; LEIOMYOMA; MALE; MECKEL DIVERTICULUM; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0036634403     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mge.2002.125230     Document Type: Article

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