Systemic amyloidosis: A rare presentation of mesenteric angina

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 683-685

  Andrews, Christopher N ^a   Amar, Jack N ^b   Hayes, Malcolm M M ^b   Enns, Robert A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; Amyloidosis; Ischemia; Mesentery

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; WARFARIN;

ABDOMINAL ANGINA; ADULT; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; ASYSTOLE; AUTOPSY; BILIARY TRACT SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; GALLSTONE; GASTROSCOPY; HEART ARREST; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INTESTINE BLOOD FLOW; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; INTESTINE PSEUDOOBSTRUCTION; MALE; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ANGIOGRAPHY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0036813850     PISSN: 08357900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2002/125806     Document Type: Article

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