Ischemic necrosis of gastric wall after long-term ergotamine pill abuse: Case report and review of the literature

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 981-984

  Papalampros, Efstathios L ^a   Salakou, Stavroula G ^b   Felekouras, Evangelos S ^a   Scopa, Chrisoula ^b   Tsamandas, Athanassios C ^b,c   Bastounis, Elias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Ergotamine; Gastric wall necrosis; Iatrogenic ergotism

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIULCER AGENT; CLARITHROMYCIN; ERGOTAMINE; OMEPRAZOLE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC PAIN; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG INTOXICATION; ERGOTISM; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; GASTRITIS; HEADACHE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; LONG TERM CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH MUCOSA; STOMACH ULCER; STOMACH WALL; TISSUE NECROSIS;

EID: 0035027031     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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