Gastrointestinal Bleeding of Unknown Origing

Gastrointestinal Bleeding: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 247-279

  Lai, Larry H ^a   Hui, Aric J ^a   Lau, James Y W ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Angiogram; Capsule endoscopy; Double balloon enteroscopy; Embolisation; Enteroclysis; Enteroscopy; Obscure gastrointestinal bleedinga; Single balloon enteroscopy; Spiral enteroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877286945     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444398892.ch11     Document Type: Chapter

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