Alström syndrome with liver cirrhosis: First case from Turkey

Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 546-548

  Biyik, Murat ^a   Uçar, Ramazan ^a   Güngör, Gökhan ^a   Özer Çakir, Özlem ^a   Esen, Hasan ^a   Aksan, Serkan ^a   Ataseven, Hüseyin ^a   Demir, Ali ^a  

^a NECMETTIN ERBAKAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Alstr m syndrome; Hepatic fibrosis; Liver cirrhosis; Variceal bleeding

Indexed keywords

ALSTROM SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; COMPLICATION; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; HEMATEMESIS; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MELENA; RARE DISEASE; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

ALSTROM SYNDROME; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; HEMATEMESIS; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MELENA; RARE DISEASES; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894197738     PISSN: 13004948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4318/tjg.2013.0587     Document Type: Article

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