Mesenteric ischemia secondary to cocaine abuse: Case reports and literature review

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1053-1054

  Sai Sudhakar, Chittoor B ^a   Al Hakeem, Mazin ^a   MacArthur, John D ^a   Sumpio, Bauer E ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; ADULT; COCAINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILEUM; INTESTINE, SMALL; ISCHEMIA; JEJUNUM; MESENTERIC ARTERIES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0030976820     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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