The clinical characteristics, endoscopic treatment, and prognosis for patients presenting with duodenal varices

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 55, Issue 84, 2008, Pages 959-962

  Matsui, Shigenaga ^a   Kudo, Masatoshi ^a   Ichikawa, Tsutomu ^a   Okada, Mumon ^a   Miyabe, Yoshio ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clinical characteristics; Duodenal varices; Endoscopic treatment

Indexed keywords

CYANOACRYLATE DERIVATIVE; MONOETHANOLAMINE OLEATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUODENUM VARICE; ENDOSCOPIC SCLEROTHERAPY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSIS; VEIN LIGATION;

AGED; CYANOACRYLATES; DUODENOSCOPY; DUODENUM; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMOSTATIC TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; LIGATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCLEROTHERAPY; SURVIVAL RATE; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 47149096982     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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