Endoscopic rubber band ligation for bleeding oesophageal varices in portal hypertension due to idiopathic myelofibrosis [3]

Journal of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 322-

  Ghidirim, Gheorghe ^a   Corchmaru, Ion ^a   Mishin, Igor ^a   Danch, Alexander ^a   Zastavnitsky, Gheorghe ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY NICOLAE TESTEMITANU   (Moldova)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RUBBER;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; GALLBLADDER VARICES; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LIGATION; MALE; MYELOID METAPLASIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PROGNOSIS; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; VARICOSIS;

ADULT; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; LIGATION; MALE; MYELOFIBROSIS; PRIMARY MYELOFIBROSIS;

EID: 33749256986     PISSN: 18418724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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