Protein-losing enteropathy with an endoscopic feature of 'the watermelon colon'

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 565-567

  Bak, Young Tae ^a   Kwon, Oh Sang ^a   Kim, Jin Young ^a   Kim, Jae Seon ^a   Kim, Jin Ho ^a   Won, Nam Hee ^a  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Corticosteroid therapy; Protein losing enteropathy; Watermelon colon

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALBUMIN TC 99M; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; HEMOSIDERIN; PREDNISOLONE; PROTEIN;

ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON; COLONOSCOPY; DIARRHEA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM INJURY; EDEMA; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL BIOPSY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MACROPHAGE; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN LOSING GASTROENTEROPATHY; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; RECTUM; SUBMUCOSA;

EID: 0032993367     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-199905000-00017     Document Type: Article

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