Bleeding gastric varices and antiphospholipid syndrome

Nature Clinical Practice Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 156-159

  Gaya, Daniel R ^a   Oien, Karin A ^a,b   Stanley, Adrian J ^a   Morris, Allan J ^a  

^a GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b BEATSON INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antiphospholipid syndrome; Gastric varices; Nodular regenerative hyperplasia

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ENBUCRILATE; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; TISSUE ADHESIVE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER HYPERPLASIA; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH HEMORRHAGE; STOMACH VARICES; THROMBOSIS; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; PHLEBOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 20444479841     PISSN: 17434378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpgasthep0110     Document Type: Article

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