Disorders of the lower gastrointestinal tract

Reviews in Clinical Gerontology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 129-146

  Barrett, J A ^a  

^a CLATTERBRIDGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; MERCAPTOPURINE; MESALAZINE; METRONIDAZOLE; OLSALAZINE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; STEROID; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; AGRANULOCYTOSIS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONSTIPATION; CROHN DISEASE; DIARRHEA; ENTERITIS; FECES INCONTINENCE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RECTAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; REVIEW; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

EID: 0029759289     PISSN: 09592598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0959259800004597     Document Type: Review

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