Splenic rupture: An unusual complication of colonoscopy

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1201-1204

  Ahmed, Aijaz ^b   Eller, Peter M ^b   Schiffman, Fred J ^b  

^a MIRIAM HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONOSCOPY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LEUKOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN RUPTURE; SPLENECTOMY;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; COLONOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENIC RUPTURE;

EID: 0030788771     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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