The characteristics of adults with upper gastrointestinal bleeding admitted to Tripoli Medical Center: A retrospective case-series analysis

Libyan Journal of Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-5

  Elghuel, Abdulbaset ^a  

^a Tripoli Medical Centre   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

Author keywords

Bleeding; Gastroenterology; Libya; UGIB

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANGIODYSPLASIA; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUODENITIS; DUODENUM EROSION; DUODENUM ULCER; EROSION; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEPTIC ULCER; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STOMACH EROSION; STOMACH ULCER; STOMACH VARICES; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING;

EID: 79952955411     PISSN: 19932820     EISSN: 18196357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ljm.v6i0.6283     Document Type: Article

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