Massive lower gastrointestinal bleeding after rejection of pancreatic transplants

Nature Clinical Practice Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 240-244

  Higgins, Peter D R ^a   Umar, Ramsey K ^b   Parker, Jennifer R ^c   DiMagno, Matthew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterioenteric fistula; Gastrointestinal bleeding; Pancreas transplant; Rejection

Indexed keywords

GELFOAM;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; DIALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEMATEMESIS; HEMATOCHEZIA; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INTESTINE FISTULA; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOCK;

ADULT; ANEURYSM, FALSE; ANGIOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; ILIAC ANEURYSM; ILIAC ARTERY; INTESTINAL FISTULA; JEJUNAL DISEASES; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PANCREAS; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; VASCULAR FISTULA;

EID: 20444434724     PISSN: 17434378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpgasthep0175     Document Type: Article

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