A case of antiphospholipid antibody syndrome with Budd-Chiari and colonic ulcers complicated with gastrointestinal hemorrhage

Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 115-116

  Ilkgül, Özer ^a,c   Içöz, Gökhan ^b   Dayangaç, Murat ^b   Tokat, Yaman ^b   Özütemiz, Ömer ^b  

^a CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome; Colonic ulcers; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; HEPARIN; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY; STEROID;

ADULT; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; BUDD CHIARI SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON ULCER; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEPARINIZATION; HUMAN; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; MALE; PANCREATITIS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; BALLOON DILATATION; COLONIC DISEASES; HEPATIC VEIN THROMBOSIS; HUMANS; MALE; ULCER;

EID: 3943068505     PISSN: 13004948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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