Acute upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage and colitis: An unusual presentation of Wegener's granulomatosis

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 993-995

  Steele, Christopher ^a   Bohra, Shravan ^a   Broe, Patrick ^a   Murray, Frank E ^a  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Acute; Colitis; Cyclophosphamide; Gastrointestinal; Haemorrhage; Keywords; Oesophagus; Ulceration; Vasculitis; Wegener's granulomatosis

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FLUCLOXACILLIN; HYDROCORTISONE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ABSCESS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLITIS; COLONOSCOPY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM HEMORRHAGE; FEMALE; HEMOPTYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; NECROTIZING ARTERITIS; NOSE SEPTUM PERFORATION; POLYARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROID THERAPY; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; COLITIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 0034888730     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: 14735687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-200108000-00023     Document Type: Article

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