Revisiting the past: Intra-arterial vasopressin for severe gastrointestinal bleeding in Crohn's disease

Journal of Crohn's and Colitis

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 479-482

  Alla, Venkata M B ^a   Ojili, Vijayanadh ^b   Gorthi, Janardhana ^a   Csordas, Attila ^a   Yellapu, Radha Krishna ^c  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Crohn's disease; Gastrointestinal hemorrhage; Therapeutic embolization; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

VASOPRESSIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; CATHETERIZATION; COIL EMBOLIZATION; CROHN DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INFUSION; DRUG SAFETY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; COLONIC DISEASES; CROHN DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERIES; MESENTERIC ARTERY, SUPERIOR; MIDDLE AGED; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 77957306545     PISSN: 18739946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crohns.2010.02.011     Document Type: Article

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