Endoscopic coagulation of gastric vascular antral ectasia with argon plasma;Coagulaciön endoscópica con Plasma de Argón, una opción terapéutica en la ectasia vascular antral

Revista Medica de Chile

Volumn 129, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 547-551

  Poniachik T , Jaime ^a   Quera P , Rodrigo ^a   Sáenz F , Roque ^a   Alfaro L , Jorge ^a   Smok S , Gladys ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Argon; Gastric antral vascular ectasia

Indexed keywords

ARGON;

AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROSCOPY; HUMAN; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; STOMACH ANTRUM VASCULAR ECTASIA;

AGED; ANEMIA; ARGON; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTRIC ANTRAL VASCULAR ECTASIA; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROSCOPY; HUMANS; LASER COAGULATION; MALE;

EID: 0345776526     PISSN: 00349887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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