Small bowel intussusception and brown bowel syndrome in association with severe malnutrition

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1450-1452

  Drake, William M ^a   Winter, Trevor A ^a   Price, Stephen K ^a   O'Keefe, Stephen J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; LIPOFUSCIN; RETINOL; THIAMINE; VITAMIN D;

ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CASE REPORT; GASTROINTESTINAL LIPOFUSCINOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE INTUSSUSCEPTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALABSORPTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; HUMANS; ILEAL DISEASES; INTUSSUSCEPTION; LIPOFUSCIN; MALABSORPTION SYNDROMES; MALE; NUTRITION DISORDERS; VITAMIN E DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0030040075     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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