Endoscopic Doppler US probe for the diagnosis of gastric varices (with videos)

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 491-496

  Wong, Richard C K ^a   Farooq, Farees T ^a   Chak, Amitabh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; GASTROSCOPY; HUMAN; MALE; MECHANICAL PROBE; MENETRIER DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STOMACH VARICES; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 33847068824     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2006.11.017     Document Type: Article

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