Somatostatin analogues for bleeding gastrointestinal angiodysplasias: When should thalidomide be prescribed?

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 266-267

  Molina Infante, Javier ^a   Perez Gallardo, Belen ^a  

^a HOSPITAL SAN PEDRO DE ALCÁNTARA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOMATOSTATIN DERIVATIVE; THALIDOMIDE;

ACUTE LIVER FAILURE; AGED; ANGIODYSPLASIA; ANTICOAGULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FATIGUE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL ANGIODYSPLASIA HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMNOLENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIODYSPLASIA; ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITORS; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; OCTREOTIDE; SOMATOSTATIN; THALIDOMIDE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79151472951     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-010-1440-x     Document Type: Letter

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