Hematemesis due to bitter melon (momordica charantia) extract-induced gastric ulcerations

Indian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 37-38

  Nadkarni, Nikhil ^a   D'Cruz, Sanjay ^a   Sachdev, Atul ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; HEMOGLOBIN; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA EXTRACT; RABEPRAZOLE; PLANT EXTRACT;

ADULT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY CARE; EPIGASTRIC DISCOMFORT; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FLUID THERAPY; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEMATEMESIS; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPEREMIA; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; LETTER; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA; PALLOR; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PULSE RATE; STOMACH BIOPSY; STOMACH MUCOSA; STOMACH ULCER; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; GASTROSCOPY;

ADULT; GASTROSCOPY; HEMATEMESIS; HUMANS; MALE; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA; PLANT EXTRACTS; STOMACH ULCER;

EID: 77954692384     PISSN: 02548860     EISSN: 02548860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12664-010-0009-0     Document Type: Letter

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