Capsule endoscopy for the diagnosis and follow-up of blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 451-453

  De Bona, M ^a   Bellumat, A ^a   De Boni, M ^a  

^a 'S Maria del Prato' Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bean's syndrome; Capsule endoscopy; Octreotide; The blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome

Indexed keywords

IRON; OCTREOTIDE; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; ANGIODYSPLASIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLUE RUBBER BLEB NEVUS SYNDROME; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL MALFORMATION; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; ILEUM DISEASE; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON THERAPY; MALE; MELENA; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; SKIN MALFORMATION; BLUE NEVUS; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPE; ILEUM TUMOR; SKIN TUMOR; SYNDROME;

ADULT; ENDOSCOPES, GASTROINTESTINAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENTS; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; ILEAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEVUS, BLUE; OCTREOTIDE; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SYNDROME;

EID: 26944472494     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2004.12.014     Document Type: Article

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