Endoscopic diagnosis and treatment of watermelon stomach

Endoscopy

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 640-647

  Jensen, D M ^a,d   Chaves, D M ^b   Grund, K E ^c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FERROUS SULFATE; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; IRON DERIVATIVE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN; SUCRALFATE;

ARGON PLASMA COAGULATION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH ANTRUM VASCULAR ECTASIA; ULCER;

ELECTROCOAGULATION; GASTRIC ANTRAL VASCULAR ECTASIA; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROSCOPY; HEMOSTASIS, ENDOSCOPIC; HUMANS; LASER COAGULATION;

EID: 3242770690     PISSN: 0013726X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-814525     Document Type: Article

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