Watermelon stomach treated with endoscopic band ligation

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1028-1031

  Sinha, Saroj K ^a   Udawat, Harsh P ^a   Varma, Subhash ^a   Lal, Anupam ^a   Rana, Surinder S ^a   Bhasin, Deepak K ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIANEMIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; HEMOGLOBIN; NORETHISTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONOSCOPY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENDOSCOPIC BAND LIGATION; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LIGATION; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH ANTRUM VASCULAR ECTASIA; STOMACH SURGERY;

ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTRIC ANTRAL VASCULAR ECTASIA; HUMANS; LIGATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS;

EID: 33751530006     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2006.05.006     Document Type: Article

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