Radiation proctitis: A review

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1309-1311

  Babb, Richard R ^a  

^a PALO ALTO MEDICAL FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOSALICYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CORTICOSTEROID; ENEMA; FORMALDEHYDE; SUCRALFATE;

ARGON LASER; BUERGER DISEASE; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FIBROSIS; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PELVIS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCTITIS; RADIATION INJURY; RECTAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RECTUM FISTULA; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; REVIEW;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PELVIC NEOPLASMS; PROCTITIS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 0030037707     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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