Treatment of gastric antral vascular ectasia (watermelon stomach) with endoscopic band ligation

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 231-236

  Wells, Christopher D ^a   Harrison, M Edwyn ^a   Gurudu, Suryakanth R ^a   Crowell, Michael D ^a   Byrne, Thomas J ^a   DePetris, Giovanni ^a   Sharma, Virender K ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON; HEMOGLOBIN;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ARGON PLASMA COAGULATION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CAUTERIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC BAND LIGATION; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC THERMAL THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OCCULT BLOOD; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOMACH ANTRUM VASCULAR ECTASIA; STOMACH MUCOSA; STOMACH SURGERY; THERAPY EFFECT; TRANSFUSION; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VOMITING;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTRIC ANTRAL VASCULAR ECTASIA; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROSCOPY; HEMOSTASIS, ENDOSCOPIC; HUMANS; LIGATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 47549093340     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2008.02.021     Document Type: Article

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