Fatal spontaneous gallbladder variceal bleeding in a patient with alcoholic cirrhosis

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2682-2685

  Chu, Eric C ^a   Chick, Wilson ^b   Hillebrand, Donald J ^a   Hu, Ke Qin ^a,c  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Jerry L Pettis Memorial VA Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FATALITY; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; GALLBLADDER HEMORRHAGE; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMAN; MALE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN OBSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VARICOSIS;

ADULT; FATAL OUTCOME; GALLBLADDER; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; MALE; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 0036912087     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021092719209     Document Type: Article

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