Isolated gastric fundal varices: A challenging issue [9]

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 97, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2930-2931

  Mastumoto, Akio ^a   Matsumoto, Hisashi ^a   Inokuchi, Hideto ^a  

^a TAKEDA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOACRYLATE;

BALLOON OCCLUSION; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH FUNDUS; STOMACH VARICES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSIS;

EID: 0036841545     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2002.07082.x     Document Type: Letter

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