Pneumatosis intestinalis and diarrhea in a child following renal transplantation

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 236-239

  Chelimsky, Gisela ^a,b   Blanchard, S ^a   Sivit, C ^a   Davis, I ^a   Czinn, S ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Pediatrics ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Pneumatosis intestinalis; Renal transplant

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; METRONIDAZOLE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; CADAVER DONOR; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYDROGEN BREATH TEST; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LAMINA PROPRIA; PNEUMATOSIS INTESTINALIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PYELONEPHRITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMALL INTESTINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE CULTURE; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

CADAVER; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PNEUMATOSIS CYSTOIDES INTESTINALIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 0038317569     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3046.2003.00061.x     Document Type: Article

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