Efficacy of neodymium:YAG laser therapy for gastric antral vascular ectasia (GAVE) following hematopoietic cell transplant

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 191-197

  Selinger, R R E ^a   McDonald, G B ^b   Hockenbery, D M ^b   Steinbach, G ^c   Kimmey, M B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

^c SEATTLE CANCER CARE ALLIANCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gastric antral vascular ectasia; Gastrointestinal bleeding; Hematopoietic cell transplant; Laser therapy

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; BUSULFAN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; FLUCONAZOLE; MELPHALAN; METHOTREXATE; NEODYMIUM; TACROLIMUS; THIOTEPA;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM ULCER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTRECTOMY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INCIDENCE; INTESTINE NECROSIS; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; NEODYMIUM LASER; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; STOMACH ANTRUM VASCULAR ECTASIA; YAG LASER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; GASTRIC ANTRAL VASCULAR ECTASIA; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEODYMIUM; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 30944457361     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: 14765365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1705212     Document Type: Article

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