Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome presenting as acute acalculous cholecystitis

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 92, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2127-2128

  Date, Kazutoshi ^a   Shirai, Yoshio ^a   Hatakeyama, Katsuyoshi ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; NAFAMSTAT MESILATE; PREDNISOLONE; UROKINASE;

ACALCULOUS CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE RESECTION; INTESTINE ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; CHOLECYSTITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS;

EID: 0030708521     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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