Surgical treatment of Cronkhite-Canada syndrome associated with protein- losing enteropathy: Report of a case

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 932-934

  Hanzawa, Masato ^a   Yoshikawa, Nozomi ^a   Tezuka, Takashi ^a   Konishi, Kazuo ^a   Kaneko, Kazuhiro ^a   Akita, Yasushi ^a   Mitamura, Keiji ^a   Tsunoda, Akira ^a   Takada, Manabu ^a   Kusano, Mitsuo ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cronkhite Canada syndrome; Malnutrition; Polyposis; Protein losing enteropathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLON RESECTION; CRONKHITE CANADA SYNDROME; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPROTEINEMIA; PROTEIN LOSING GASTROENTEROPATHY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL POLYPS; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEIN-LOSING ENTEROPATHIES;

EID: 0031818454     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02235381     Document Type: Article

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