GI distension in severe ulcerative colitis

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1169-1175

  Latella, Giovanni ^b   Vernia, Piero ^a   Viscido, Angelo ^a   Frieri, Giuseppe ^b   Cadau, Giuseppina ^a   Cocco, Andrea ^a   Cossu, Andrea ^a   Tomei, Ernesto ^a   Caprilli, Renzo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACID BASE BALANCE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; HUMAN; INTESTINE DISTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXIC MEGACOLON; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADULT; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; GASES; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MEGACOLON, TOXIC; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0036251087     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(02)04047-9     Document Type: Article

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