Isolated cecal varices as the source of massive lower GI bleeding in a patient with cirrhosis [6]

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 220-221

  Klein, Steve D ^a   Hellinger, Jeffrey C ^a   Silverstein, Mark L ^a   Cai, Qiang ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CECUM DISEASE; COLONOSCOPY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEMATOCHEZIA; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LETTER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSIS;

EID: 0037260267     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2003.07202.x     Document Type: Letter

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