Cytomegalovirus esophagitis with massive upper-GI hemorrhage

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 741-743

  Kanda, Kikuo ^a   Kume, Keiichiro ^a   Yoshikawa, Ichiro ^a   Watanabe, Tatsuyuki ^a   Yamasaki, Takuji ^a   Hirose, Akiko ^a   Otsuki, Makoto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS ANTIBODY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS ANTIGEN PP65; GANCICLOVIR; MEROPENEM; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PENTAMIDINE ISETHIONATE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL RUPTURE; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGITIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING; VIREMIA;

AGED; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ESOPHAGITIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS;

EID: 2342661252     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-5107(04)00184-1     Document Type: Article

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