MALLORY-WEISS SYNDROME: REVIEW OF A THIRTEEN-YEAR PERIOD

BACKGROUND Acute upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage is a frequent problem of emergency medicine.Mallory-Weiss syndrome, a laceration at the esophagogastric junction, is an uncommonsource of acute upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage. The purpose of the study was toevaluate the incidence of Mallory-Weiss...

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Main Authors: Pavel Skok, Dejan Kupnik, Grujica Vujnović
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Slovenian Medical Association 2008-09-01
Series:Zdravniški Vestnik
Online Access:http://vestnik.szd.si/index.php/ZdravVest/article/view/502