A rare cause of bleeding esophageal varices: Alström syndrome

Clinics and Research in Hepatology and Gastroenterology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Cakmak, Erol ^a   Acibucu, Duygu Oguz ^a   Yonem, Ozlem ^a   Ataseven, Hilmi ^a  

^a CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ACANTHOSIS NIGRICANS; ADULT; ALSTROM SYNDROME; BLEEDING ESOPHAGEAL VARICES; BLINDNESS; CASE REPORT; CATARACT; CONJUNCTIVAL ICTERUS; ENDOSCOPY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; EYE JAUNDICE; GENETIC SCREENING; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEMATEMESIS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; MALE; MELENA; MICROPENIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PORTAL GASTROPATHY; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; SCOLIOSIS; STOMACH DISEASE; TACHYCARDIA; TESTIS ATROPHY; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING;

ADULT; ALSTROM SYNDROME; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84868365772     PISSN: 22107401     EISSN: 2210741X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinre.2012.03.012     Document Type: Letter

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