Bleeding from gastrointestinal angioectasias is not related to bleeding disorders - a case control study

BMC Gastroenterology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Höög, Charlotte M ^a   Broström, Olle ^a   Lindahl, Tomas L ^b   Hillarp, Andreas ^c   Lärfars, Gerd ^a   Sjöqvist, Urban ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARGON PLASMA COAGULATION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING DISORDER; BLEEDING TIME; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOUBLE BALLOON ENTEROSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ANGIOECTASIAS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; VON WILLEBRAND DISEASE; ANGIODYSPLASIA; BLOOD; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIODYSPLASIA; BLEEDING TIME; BLOOD COAGULATION DISORDERS; BLOOD COAGULATION FACTORS; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77957143921     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471230X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-230X-10-113     Document Type: Article

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