Fulminant amebic colitis: Analysis of 55 cases

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1362-1367

  Takahashi, Takeshi ^a   Gamboa Dominguez, Armando ^a   Gomez Mendez, Tito J M ^a   Remes, Jose Maria ^a   Rembis, Veronica ^a   Martinez Gonzalez, Dolores ^a   Gutierrez Saldivar, Julieta ^a   Morales, Julio Cesar ^a   Granados, Jorge ^a   Sierra Madero, Juan ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Amebiasis; Ameboma; Appendicitis; Colitis; Entamoeba histolytica; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMEBIASIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLITIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; DYSENTERY, AMEBIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030710175     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02050824     Document Type: Conference Paper

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