A catastrophic complication of systemic lupus erythematosus: Massive mesenteric infarction

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 47, Issue 33, 2000, Pages 761-762

  Testini, Mario ^a,b   Margari, Antonio ^a   Piccinni, Giuseppe ^a   D'Abbicco, Dario ^a   Amoruso, Michele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mesenteric infarction; Mesenteric ischemia; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLON RESECTION; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFARCTION; MESENTERY BLOOD FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE TO SIDE ANASTOMOSIS; SMALL INTESTINE RESECTION; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFARCTION; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MESENTERY; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034049703     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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