Biomaterial Database

[Current problems in the treatment of high hemorrhage of the digestive tract]. 1973

G C Castiglioni, and R Gennari, and A Wiel Marin

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D004932	Esophageal and Gastric Varices	Dilated blood vessels in the ESOPHAGUS or GASTRIC FUNDUS that shunt blood from the portal circulation (PORTAL SYSTEM) to the systemic venous circulation. Often they are observed in individuals with portal hypertension (HYPERTENSION, PORTAL).	Esophageal Varices,Gastric Varices,Esophageal Varix,Gastric Varix,Varices, Esophageal,Varices, Gastric,Varix, Esophageal,Varix, Gastric
D005756	Gastritis	Inflammation of the GASTRIC MUCOSA, a lesion observed in a number of unrelated disorders.	Gastritides
D005770	Gastrointestinal Neoplasms	Tumors or cancer of the GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT, from the MOUTH to the ANAL CANAL.	Gastrointestinal Cancer,Cancer of Gastrointestinal Tract,Cancer of the Gastrointestinal Tract,Neoplasms, Gastrointestinal,Cancer, Gastrointestinal,Cancers, Gastrointestinal,Gastrointestinal Cancers,Gastrointestinal Neoplasm,Gastrointestinal Tract Cancer,Gastrointestinal Tract Cancers,Neoplasm, Gastrointestinal
D006471	Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage	Bleeding in any segment of the GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT from ESOPHAGUS to RECTUM.	Hematochezia,Hemorrhage, Gastrointestinal,Gastrointestinal Hemorrhages,Hematochezias
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013683	Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic	An autosomal dominant vascular anomaly characterized by telangiectases of the skin and mucous membranes and by recurrent gastrointestinal bleeding. This disorder is caused by mutations of a gene (on chromosome 9q3) which encodes endoglin, a membrane glycoprotein that binds TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA.	Osler-Rendu Disease,Rendu-Osler-Weber Disease,Weber-Osler Disease,Weber-Osler Syndrome,Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia,Osler's Disease,Osler-Rendu-Weber Disease,Osler-Weber-Rendu Syndrome,Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic, Type 1,Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic, of Rendu, Osler, and Weber,Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia, Hereditary,Osler Disease,Osler Rendu Disease,Osler Rendu Weber Disease,Osler Weber Rendu Syndrome,Rendu Osler Weber Disease,Weber Osler Disease,Weber Osler Syndrome