Bloody diarrhoea: A rare presentation of a systemic disease

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 441-443

  Mann, Steven D ^a   Young, A ^a   Barrison, I G ^a   Catnach, S M ^a  

^a Hemel Hempstead General Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ENZYME ANTIBODY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYELOBLASTIN; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLITIS; DIARRHEA; DRUG MEGADOSE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEMATOCHEZIA; HUMAN; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; MALE; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SYSTEMIC VASCULITIS; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DIARRHEA; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; PLASMAPHERESIS; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 0038757967     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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