Hyperbaric oxygen treatment for intractable diarrhea caused by pneumatosis coli

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 935-937

  Lustberg, Alexander M ^a   Fantry, George T ^a   Cotto Cumba, Cynthia ^a   Drachenberg, Cinthia ^a   Darwin, Peter E ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COLONOSCOPY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERBARISM; OXYGEN THERAPY; PNEUMATOSIS INTESTINALIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0037000506     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-5107(02)70381-7     Document Type: Article

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