Upper gastrointestinal bleeding from duodenal vascular ectasia in a patient with cirrhosis

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 13, Issue 38, 2007, Pages 5154-5157

  Lee, Beom Jae ^a   Park, Jong Jae ^a   Seo, Yeon Seok ^a   Kim, Ji Hoon ^a   Kim, Aeree ^a   Yeon, Jong Eun ^a   Kim, Jae Seon ^a   Byun, Kwan Soo ^a   Bak, Young Tae ^a  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Duodenum; Gastrointestinal hemorrhage; Hemostasis; Vascular ectasia

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARGON PLASMA COAGULATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DUODENOSCOPY; DUODENUM DISEASE; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; FOLLOW UP; HEMOSTASIS; HEPATITIS B; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTESTINE PERFORATION; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING; VEIN LIGATION;

EID: 34948826554     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i38.5154     Document Type: Article

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