Efficacy of argon plasma coagulation for bleeding gastroduodenal ulcers

Digestive Endoscopy

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 99-102

  Asakura, Yasushi ^a   Imai, Yukinori ^a   Arai, Shin ^a   Kinoshita, Manabu ^a   Kakinuma, Toru ^a   Kakoi, Kotaro ^a   Rai, Fumie ^a   Eguchi, Yuichiro ^a   Fujiwara, Kenji ^a   Ota, Shinichi ^a  

^a SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Argon plasma coagulation; Bleeding ulcer; Exposed vessels; Hemostasis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARGON PLASMA COAGULATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTRODUODENAL ULCER; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; MALE; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 18544369619     PISSN: 09155635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1443-1661.2002.00186.x     Document Type: Article

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