Acute Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding

Textbook of Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 132-138

  Kovacs, Thomas O G ^a   Jensen, Dennis M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiomas; Colon cancer; Colon polyp; Diverticulosis; Hematochezia; Internal hemorrhoids; Ischemic colitis; Lower GI bleeding; Post polypectomy ulcers; Rectal ulcers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891442842     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118321386.ch21     Document Type: Chapter

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