Polyarteritis nodosa: Ischaemic intestinal pain successfully treated with nitroglycerin

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 240, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 31-32

  Dahlander, B ^a   Odeberg, H ^a   Hansen, B U ^a  

^a CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ischaemic pain; Nitroglycerin; Periarteritis nodosa; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBLINGUAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0030016564     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2796.1996.446784000.x     Document Type: Article

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