Acute lower gastrointestinal bleeding from a dieulafoy lesion proximal to the anorectal junction post-orthotopic liver transplant

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 46, 2006, Pages 7547-7548

  Apiratpracha, Wichian ^a   Ho, Jin Kee ^a   Powell, James J ^a   Yoshida, Eric M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anorectal; Bleeding; Dieulafoy; Rectum

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ADRENALIN; BASILIXIMAB; CORTICOSTEROID; HEMOGLOBIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; TACROLIMUS; VALACICLOVIR; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ANUS; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CASE REPORT; COLON LAVAGE; COLONOSCOPY; DIEULAFOY DISEASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEMATOCHEZIA; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HEMOSTASIS; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECTUM; SEPTICEMIA;

EID: 33845873297     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i46.7547     Document Type: Article

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