Ischemic colitis associated with pseudoephedrine: Four cases

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 94, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2430-2434

  Dowd, John ^a   Bailey, David ^a   Moussa, Khalid ^a   Nair, Saraswathi ^a   Doyle, Richard ^a   Culpepper Morgan, Joan A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PSEUDOEPHEDRINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONOSCOPY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; INTESTINE BIOPSY; ISCHEMIC COLITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUSITIS;

ADULT; COLITIS, ISCHEMIC; EPHEDRINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 0033199146     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.1999.01369.x     Document Type: Article

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