A case of hemolytic uremic syndrome and whole splenic infarction secondary to acute pancreatitis [2]

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1040-1041

  Minami, Takeshi ^a   Saito, Mitsunori ^a   Yamamoto, Takahiro ^a   Kondo, Shinya ^a   Ohmori, Osikazu ^a   Kanayama, Shyuji ^a  

^a SUMITOMO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; BILIRUBIN; CREATININE; D DIMER; FIBRINOGEN; FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCT; HAPTOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LIVER ENZYME;

ABDOMINAL SCINTISCANNING; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BODY TEMPERATURE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; ERYTHROCYTE FRAGILITY; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL STANDARD UNIT; JAUNDICE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; SPLEEN INFARCTION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

EID: 0036378351     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1746.2002.t01-1-02802.x     Document Type: Letter

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