Watermelon stomach: Clinical aspects and treatment with argon plasma coagulation

Arquivos de Gastroenterologia

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 191-195

  Chaves, Dalton M ^a,c   Sakai, Paulo ^a   Oliveira, Cláudio V ^b   Cheng, Spencer ^a   Ishioka, Shinichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Electrocoagulation; Gastric antral vascular ectasia; Gastrointestinal hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ARGON PLASMA COAGULATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; MALE; STOMACH ANTRUM VASCULAR ECTASIA; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; ARGON; AUTOANTIBODIES; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTRIC ANTRAL VASCULAR ECTASIA; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMOSTASIS, ENDOSCOPIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845579331     PISSN: 00042803     EISSN: 16784219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-28032006000300007     Document Type: Article

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