Color Doppler findings of gastric varices compared with findings on computed tomography

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 604-610

  Sato, Takahiro ^a   Yamazaki, Katsu ^a   Toyota, Jouji ^a   Karino, Yoshiyasu ^a   Ohmura, Takumi ^a   Suga, Toshihiro ^a  

^a Sapporo Kosei General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Color Doppler sonography; Computed tomography; Gastric varices

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOMACH BLOOD FLOW; STOMACH FUNDUS; STOMACH VARICES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 0036696045     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005350200096     Document Type: Article

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