TY - BOOK AU - Ali Abdelrahim Ali AU - Hanan Abdelhaleem Marzok , AU - Ibrahim Mostafa Ibrahim , AU - Mohamed Salah Abdelbary , TI - Comparative study between argon plasma coagulation and endoscopic band ligation for treatment of bleeding from gastric antral vascular ectasia in cirrhotic patients / PY - 2013/// CY - Cairo : PB - Ali Abdelrahim Ali , KW - Argon plasma coagulation KW - Endoscopic band ligation KW - Gastric antral vascular ectasia N1 - Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Tropical Medicine; Issued also as CD N2 - Background : Gastric antral vascular ectasia (GAVE) is characterized by mucosal and submucosal vascular ectrsia causing recurrent GI hemorrhage. Treatment of GAVE with argon plasma coagulation (APC) requires multiple sessions for control of bleeding . Endoscopic band ligation (EBL) has become the standard treatment of varices . Additionally EBL has been used for control of bleeding from other GI vascular lesions UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -