Estrogen-Progestogen Therapy for Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia

1 November 1979

journal article
case report
Published by Southern Medical Association in Southern Medical Journal

Vol. 72 (11) , 1503
https://doi.org/10.1097/00007611-197911000-00055

Abstract

Described is a patient with severe iron deficiency anemia and chronic gastrointestinal bleeding caused by hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia who was successfully treated with a combination of estrogen and progestogen.

Keywords

BLEEDING
HEMORRHAGIC TELANGIECTASIA
HEREDITARY HEMORRHAGIC
PROGESTOGEN THERAPY
ESTROGEN PROGESTOGEN