Isolated gastric varices: Prevalence, clinical relevance and natural history

Digestive Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 42-47

  Sarin, S K ^a   Jain, A K ^a   Lamba, G S ^a   Gupta, R ^a   Chowdhary, A ^a  

^a G B PANT HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Ectopic varices; Fundal varices; Gastric varices; Portal hypertension; Variceal bleed

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUODENUM; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FOLLOW UP; HISTORY; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN OBSTRUCTION; PREVALENCE; STOMACH ANTRUM; STOMACH DISEASE; STOMACH FUNDUS; STOMACH HEMORRHAGE; STOMACH VARICES; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING; VEIN LIGATION;

ADULT; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0037232607     PISSN: 02534886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000068865     Document Type: Article

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