Life-threatening Bleeding from Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor of the Stomach

Journal of Nippon Medical School

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 306-311

  Seya, Tomoko ^a,b   Tanaka, Noritake ^a,b   Yokoi, Kimiyoshi ^a,b   Shinji, Seiichi ^a,b   Oaki, Yoshiharu ^b   Tajiri, Takashi ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL CHIBA HOKUSOH HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal stromal tumor; Hematemesis; Stomach

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY BILLROTH I; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK; HEMOSTASIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; STOMACH ULCER;

ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMORS; HEMATEMESIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SHOCK, HEMORRHAGIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 55049130874     PISSN: 13454676     EISSN: 13473409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1272/jnms.75.306     Document Type: Article

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