Intestinal perforation. A common complication of scleroderma

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 549-553

  Ebert, Ellen C ^a   Ruggiero, Francesca M ^b   Seibold, James R ^b  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

intestinal complications; perforation; scleroderma; systemic lupus erythematosus; systemic sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE PERFORATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLERODERMA; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AUTOPSY; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; INTESTINE, LARGE; INTESTINE, SMALL; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW JERSEY; PENNSYLVANIA; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC;

EID: 0030935366     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018847126143     Document Type: Article

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