"Downhill" varices: A rare cause of esophageal hemorrhage Varice "Downhill": Una causa extraña de sangrado esofágico
"Downhill" varices or upper esophageal varices are a rare cause of proximal digestive tract hemorrhage with only 16 cases described in the literature. In our series, hemorrhage due to "Downhill" varices represents 0.1% of all acute esophageal variceal bleeding. Their etiology dif...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Aran Ediciones
2006-05-01
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Series: | Revista Espanola de Enfermedades Digestivas |
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Online Access: | http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1130-01082006000500006 |