New methods for the management of gastric varices

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 37, 2006, Pages 5926-5931

  Yoshida, Hiroshi ^a   Mamada, Yasuhiro ^a   Taniai, Nobuhiko ^a   Tajiri, Takashi ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bleeding; Esophageal varices; Gastric varices

Indexed keywords

ENBUCRILATE; IOPAMIDOL; MONOETHANOLAMINE OLEATE; POLIDOCANOL; THROMBIN;

ABDOMINAL ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; EDITORIAL; ENDOSCOPIC SCLEROTHERAPY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; HEMODYNAMICS; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJECTION SITE BLEEDING; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; SPLEEN ARTERY; STOMACH HEMORRHAGE; STOMACH INJURY; STOMACH MUCOSA; STOMACH VARICES;

EID: 33750247138     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i37.5926     Document Type: Editorial

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