Blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome: Treatment of multiple gastrointestinal hemangiomas with argon plasma coagulator

Digestive Endoscopy

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 40-42

  Ng, Enders K W ^a,b   Cheung, Frances K Y ^a   Chiu, Philip W Y ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Anemia; Argon plasma coagulator; Blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome; Endoscopy; Gastrointestinal hemorrhage; Ileum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARGON PLASMA COAGULATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLUE RUBBER BLEB NEVUS SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON TUMOR; COLONOSCOPY; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILEUM TUMOR; IRON THERAPY; NEVUS;

ANEMIA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HEMANGIOMA, CAVERNOUS; HUMANS; LASER COAGULATION; LASERS, GAS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149114726     PISSN: 09155635     EISSN: 14431661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1443-1661.2008.00817.x     Document Type: Article

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