A new approach to blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome: The role of capsule endoscopy and intra-operative enteroscopy

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 693-697

  Kopáčová, Marcela ^a   Tachecí, Ilja ^a   Koudelka, Jaroslav ^a   Králová, Miroslava ^a   Rejchrt, Stanislav ^a   Bureš, Jan ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Blue rubber bleb; BRBNS; Capsule endoscopy; Enteroscopy; Intra operative; Peri operative

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; CORTICOSTEROID;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLUE RUBBER BLEB NEVUS SYNDROME; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL MALFORMATION; GASTROSCOPY; HUMAN; INTESTINE ENDOSCOPY; MELENA; NEVUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCINTIGRAPHY;

ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; CHILD; COLONOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ENDOSCOPES, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; GASTROSCOPY; HUMANS; NEVUS, BLUE; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SYNDROME;

EID: 34347326032     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-006-1843-0     Document Type: Article

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