Watermelon stomach: A rare cause of iron deficiency anemia, surgically treatable; a new case with review of the literature;L'estomac pastèque: Une cause rare d'anémie ferriprive, de traitement chirurgical; un nouveau cas et revue de la littérature

Annales de Chirurgie

Volumn 128, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 462-464

  Blanc, P ^a   Phelip, J M ^b   Bertolino, J G ^a   Atger, J ^a   Roblin, X ^b  

^a CH Gap   (France)

^b GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Anemia; Gastric antral vascular ectasia; Surgery; Water melon stomach

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENDOSCOPY; GASTRODUODENOSTOMY; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; PATHOGENESIS; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; STOMACH ANTRUM RESECTION; STOMACH ANTRUM VASCULAR ECTASIA;

EID: 0141625169     PISSN: 00033944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-3944(03)00175-5     Document Type: Article

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