Major stigmata of recent hemorrhage on rectal ulcers in patients with severe hematochezia: Endoscopic diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 462-468

  Kanwal, Fasiha ^a   Dulai, Gareth ^a   Jensen, Dennis M ^a,b   Gralnek, Ian M ^a   Kovacs, Thomas O G ^a   Machicado, Gustavo A ^a   Jutabha, Rome ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLONOSCOPY; COMORBIDITY; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; FEMALE; HEMATOCHEZIA; HEMATOCRIT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; MECHANICAL PROBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; RECTUM ULCER; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037385984     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mge.2003.147     Document Type: Article

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