Dieulafoy's lesion: Current trends in diagnosis and management

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 548-554

  Baxter, M ^a   Aly, E H ^a  

^a ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Dieulafoy's lesion; Gastrointestinal bleeding; Management

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SYNDROME; VASCULARIZATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERIES; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; SYNDROME;

EID: 77958183306     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588410X12699663905311     Document Type: Review

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