A man with recurrent gastrointestinal bleeding

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 351, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 488-495

  Keroack, Myles D ^a,b   Peralta, Ruben ^a,b   Abramson, Simeon D ^a,b   Misdraji, Joseph ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; CONTRAST MEDIUM; FERROUS SULFATE; METRONIDAZOLE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OMEPRAZOLE; PANTOPRAZOLE; RANITIDINE; TETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONOSCOPY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIVERTICULOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HEMOBILIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MECKEL DIVERTICULUM; OCCULT BLOOD; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEMATOCRIT; ILEUM; ILEUM DISEASE; INTUSSUSCEPTION; MELENA; METHODOLOGY; MICROCAPSULE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

CAPSULES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOSCOPES, GASTROINTESTINAL; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; ILEAL DISEASES; ILEUM; INTUSSUSCEPTION; MALE; MECKEL DIVERTICULUM; MELENA; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 3342929727     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcpc049015     Document Type: Article

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