Perforation of the colon during combined radio and steroid therapy: Diagnosis and treatment;Colonperforasjon under kombinert steroid- og strålebehandling: Diagnostikk og behandling

Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 731-732

  Wiig, Johan N ^a   Aass, Nina ^a   Karlsen, Karl Otto ^a   Giercksky, Karl Erik ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; PREDNISONE;

ABDOMINAL CANCER; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON PERFORATION; DIVERTICULOSIS; HUMAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; COLONIC DISEASES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISONE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0029979175     PISSN: 00292001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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