Erythromycin as therapy for acute colonic pseudo-obstruction (ogilvie’s syndrome)

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1991, Pages 475-476

  Bonacini, Maurizio ^a   Smith, Owen J ^a   Pritchard, Terri ^a  

^a TRUMAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN;

AGED; CASE REPORT; CONSTIPATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE PSEUDOOBSTRUCTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; CASE REPORT; COLONIC PSEUDO-OBSTRUCTION; ERYTHROMYCIN; FEMALE; HUMAN;

EID: 0025916202     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: 15392031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-199108000-00024     Document Type: Letter

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