Prednisolone therapy for intra-abdominal desmoid tumors in a patient with familial adenomatous polyposis

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 255-259

  Nakada, Ichiro ^a   Ubukata, Hideyuki ^a   Goto, Yoshihisa ^a   Watanabe, Yoshinori ^a   Sato, Shigenori ^a   Tabuchi, Takafumi ^a   Soma, Tetsuo ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Familial adenomatous polyposis; Intra abdominal desmoid tumors; Prednisolone therapy

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISOLONE; SULINDAC;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL TUMOR; ADENOMATOUS POLYP; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLON CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DESMOID TUMOR; FAMILIAL POLYPOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILEORECTAL ANASTOMOSIS; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOTAL COLON RESECTION;

EID: 0030969085     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02936378     Document Type: Article

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