A case of complete resolution of gastric varices

Nature Reviews Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 618-622

  Tieu, Vanessa ^a   Behrens, George ^a   Ferral, Hector ^a   Cohen, Stanley M ^a   Ahn, Joseph ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; OCTREOTIDE; PANTOPRAZOLE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; VASOPRESSIN;

ABDOMINAL ANGIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BALLOON OCCLUSION; BALLOON OCCLUSION RETROGRADE TRANSVENOUS OBLITERATION; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTRIC VARICEAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMATEMESIS; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENIC VEIN; STOMACH DISEASE; STOMACH LAVAGE; STOMACH VARICES; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

BALLOON OCCLUSION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 70349972124     PISSN: 17595045     EISSN: 17595053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrgastro.2009.144     Document Type: Article

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