Large Bowel Obstruction Heralding Churg-Strauss Syndrome [1]

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 562-563

  Vaglio, Augusto ^a   Corradi, Domenico ^a   Ronda, Nicoletta ^a   Garini, Giovanni ^a   Buzio, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; PREDNISONE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ASTHENIA; CASE REPORT; CELL COUNT; CELL INFILTRATION; CHURG STRAUSS SYNDROME; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; EOSINOPHIL; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LETTER; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHURG-STRAUSS SYNDROME; COLONIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILEAL DISEASES; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 1942536209     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2004.04105.x     Document Type: Letter

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