Gastric outlet obstruction as a complication of argon plasma coagulation for watermelon stomach

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1090-1092

  Farooq, Farees T ^a   Wong, Richard C K ^a   Yang, Peter ^a   Post, Anthony B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARGON PLASMA COAGULATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON CANCER; COLONOSCOPY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL BIOPSY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MELENA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH ANTRUM VASCULAR ECTASIA; STOMACH MUCOSA; STOMACH OBSTRUCTION;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTRIC ANTRAL VASCULAR ECTASIA; GASTRIC OUTLET OBSTRUCTION; HUMANS; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; PYLORIC ANTRUM;

EID: 34249001004     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2006.10.006     Document Type: Article

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