Systemic lidocaine and mexiletine for the treatment of a patient with total ulcerative colitis [5]

Gut

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 441-

  Yokoyama, Y ^a   Onishi, S ^a  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; MESALAZINE; MEXILETINE; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; HUMAN; LETTER; LEUKAPHERESIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; REMISSION; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT FAILURE; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADULT; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; LIDOCAINE; MALE; MEXILETINE;

EID: 14544302672     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.2004.055525     Document Type: Letter

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