Endogenous heparinoids in acute variceal bleeding [4]

Gut

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 310-311

  Thalheimer, U ^a   Triantos, C ^a   Samonakis, D ^a   Patch, D ^a   Burroughs, A K ^a   Riddell, A ^a   Perry, D ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 10A; CALCIUM; CEFOTAXIME; ENDOTHELIN; ENDOTOXIN; HEPARIN LYASE; HEPARINOID; NITRIC OXIDE; TERLIPRESSIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLEEDING TIME; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEPARINIZATION; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MALE; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOELASTOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEPARINOIDS; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; MALE;

EID: 12344303130     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.2004.051474     Document Type: Letter

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