Idiopathic colitis following cardiac transplantation: Three pediatric cases

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 464-468

  Wahbeh, Ghassan ^a   Hupertz, Vera ^a   Hallowel, Sara ^a   Patel, Rajiv ^a   Chrisant, Maryanne R K ^b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac; Colitis; Complications; Diarrhea; Gastrointestinal; Pediatric; Transplant

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; DIPHENOXYLATE; FAMOTIDINE; GANCICLOVIR; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; LANSOPRAZOLE; MESALAZINE; METHOTREXATE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; METRONIDAZOLE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; PAUROMOMYCIN; PREDNISONE; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT; STEROID; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLITIS; COLON BIOPSY; COLONOSCOPY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; ENTERITIS; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART DILATATION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; IMMUNOTHERAPY; ISCHEMIC COLITIS; LOW DRUG DOSE; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MALE; MICROVASCULAR ISCHEMIA; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PARASITOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RESTRICTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEROID THERAPY; TISSUE CULTURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COLITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 0344845190     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1399-3046.2003.00098.x     Document Type: Article

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