Perforation of the terminal ileum: A possible complication of nicorandil therapy

Surgeon

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 56-57

  King, P M ^a   Suttie, S A ^a   Jansen, J O ^a   Watson, A J M ^a  

^a ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ileum; Nicorandil; Perforation; Ulceration

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; DILTIAZEM; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; NICORANDIL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL STIMULATING AGENT; PREDNISOLONE; SIMVASTATIN; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM ULCER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEMICOLECTOMY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILEUM; ILEUM MUCOSA; INTESTINE PERFORATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LAPAROTOMY; MOUTH ULCER; PATHOGENESIS; PYODERMA GANGRENOSUM; RECTUM ULCER; SMALL INTESTINE RESECTION;

EID: 1242342670     PISSN: 1479666X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1479-666X(04)80140-9     Document Type: Article

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