Long-term follow up of gastric antral vascular ectasia treated by argon plasma coagulation

Digestive Endoscopy

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 128-133

  Nakamura, Shinichi ^a   Mitsunaga, Atsushi ^a   Konishi, Hiroyuki ^a   Oi, Itaru ^a   Shiratori, Keiko ^a   Suzuki, Shigeru ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Argon plasma coagulation; Diffuse antral vascular ectasia; Gastric antral vascular ectasia; Watermelon stomach

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARGON PLASMA COAGULATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROSCOPY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MELENA; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; STOMACH ANTRUM VASCULAR ECTASIA; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645048762     PISSN: 09155635     EISSN: 14431661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1443-1661.2006.00592.x     Document Type: Article

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