Rectal ulcers: A rare gastrointestinal manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 200-202

  Amit, Guy ^a   Stalnikowicz, Ruth ^a   Ostrovsky, Yehudit ^a   Prus, Diana ^a   Eliakim, Rami ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Rectal ulcer; Systemic lupus erythematosus; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLON MUCOSA; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM ULCER; SEPSIS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; VASCULITIS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; RECTAL DISEASES; ULCER; VASCULITIS;

EID: 0032783485     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-199909000-00022     Document Type: Article

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