Haemorrhage from small bowel ulceration complicating meningococcal septicaemia

Ulster Medical Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 57-59

  McCaffrey, D D ^a   Lucas, J ^a   Gardiner, Keith R ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; GASTROSCOPY; HEART INFARCTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE ULCER; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; MELENA; MENINGOCOCCEMIA; PEPTIC ULCER BLEEDING; SHOCK; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ANGIOGRAPHY;

GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; SEPSIS; ULCER;

EID: 21644468012     PISSN: 00416193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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