Successful treatment of thalidomide for recurrent bleeding due to gastric angiodysplasia in hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia

European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1114-1116

  Wang, X Y ^a   Chen, Y ^a   Du, Q ^a  

^a THE SECOND AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Gastric angiodysplasia; Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia; Thalidomide

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; THALIDOMIDE;

AGED; ANGIODYSPLASIA; ARTICLE; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; EPISTAXIS; FAINTNESS; FATIGUE; FOLLOW UP; GASTRIC ANGIODYSPLASIA; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MELENA; NOSE MUCOSA; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; RECURRENT DISEASE; RENDU OSLER WEBER DISEASE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION;

AGED; ANGIODYSPLASIA; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; RECURRENCE; STOMACH DISEASES; TELANGIECTASIA, HEREDITARY HEMORRHAGIC; THALIDOMIDE;

EID: 84878540326     PISSN: 11283602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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