Massive lower GI bleed from an endoscopically inevident rectal varices: Diagnosis and management by EUS (with videos)

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1106-1108

  Sharma, Malay ^a   Somasundaram, Aravindh ^a  

^a Jaswant Rai Speciality Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENBUCRILATE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLONOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPOVOLEMIC SHOCK; INTESTINE PREPARATION; MALE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM; STOMACH VARICES;

AGED; ENDOSCOPY; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; RECTUM; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 78049346832     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: 10976779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2010.02.054     Document Type: Article

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