Small bowel bleeding: A comprehensive review

Gastroenterology Report

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 262-272

  Gunjan, Deepak ^a   Sharma, Vishal ^a   Rana, Surinder S ^a   Bhasin, Deepak K ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Aetiology; Diagnostic approach; Management; Small intestine bleed

Indexed keywords

EID: 84955510761     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20520034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gastro/gou025     Document Type: Review

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