A Case of Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome Associated with Emphysematous Cholecystitis and a Liver Abscess

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 185, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 147-155

  Yoshida, Kazunori ^a   Arakawa, Masahibo ^b   Ishida, Shyuichi ^b   Sasaki, Yasuhiko ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b JAPANESE RED CROSS SOCIETY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cholecystitis; Escherichia coli O157; Hemolytic uremic syndrome; Liver abscess; Verotoxin

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTITIS; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; LIVER ABSCESS;

AGED; CHOLECYSTITIS; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMANS; LIVER ABSCESS;

EID: 0032086203     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.185.147     Document Type: Article

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