Efficacy of argon plasma coagulation in gastric vascular ectasia in patients with liver cirrhosis

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 219-222

  Bhatti, Muhammad Afzal ^a,b   Khan, Anwaar A ^a   Alam, Altaf ^a   Butt, Arshad K ^a   Shafqat, Farzana ^a   Malik, Kashif ^a   Amin, Joher ^a   Shah, Waqar ^a  

^a SHAIKH ZAYED HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b NONE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Argon plasma coagulation; Cirrhosis; Diffuse antral vascular ectasia (DAVE); Gastric antral vascular ectasia (GAVE)

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARGON PLASMA COAGULATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETHARGY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MELENA; PATIENT SAFETY; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; STOMACH ANTRUM VASCULAR ECTASIA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TELANGIECTASIA; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ARGON; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; GASTRIC ANTRAL VASCULAR ECTASIA; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; LASER COAGULATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TELANGIECTASIS;

EID: 65749104394     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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