Gastric antral vascular ectasia (GAVE) associated with systemic sclerosis: Relapse after endoscopic treatment by argon plasma coagulation

Internal Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 279-283

  Shibukawa, Goro ^a   Irisawa, Atsushi ^a   Sakamoto, Natsumi ^a   Takagi, Tadayuki ^a   Wakatsuki, Takeru ^a   Imamura, Hidemichi ^a   Takahashi, Yuta ^a   Sato, Ai ^a   Sato, Masaki ^a   Hikichi, Takuto ^a   Obara, Katsutoshi ^a   Ohira, Hiromasa ^a  

^a FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Argon plasma coagulation; Gastric antral vascular ectasia; Systemic sclerosis

Indexed keywords

IRON; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; POLIDOCANOL; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANEMIA; ARGON PLASMA COAGULATION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DUODENOSCOPY; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; ERADICATION THERAPY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETREATMENT; STOMACH ANTRUM VASCULAR ECTASIA; STOMACH BIOPSY; STOMACH OBSTRUCTION; STOMACH ULCER; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; TELANGIECTASIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

AGED; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ARGON; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; GASTRIC ANTRAL VASCULAR ECTASIA; HUMANS; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; PYLORIC ANTRUM; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33947645467     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.46.6203     Document Type: Article

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