Transient ischaemic colitis following an aeroplane flight: Two case reports and review of the literature

Gut

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 746-747

  Butcher, J H ^a   Davis, A J M ^a   Page, A ^a   Green, B ^a   Shepherd, H A ^a  

^a ROYAL HAMPSHIRE COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AVIATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON BIOPSY; COLONOSCOPY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ISCHEMIC COLITIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; RISK FACTOR; SHORT SURVEY; SYMPTOM; SYNCOPE; VEIN THROMBOSIS; VOMITING;

ADULT; AIRCRAFT; COLITIS, ISCHEMIC; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; RECTUM; TRAVEL;

EID: 0036838465     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.51.5.746     Document Type: Short Survey

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