Strongyloides colitis in a patient with Cushing's syndrome

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 738-741

  Goh, Seo Klat ^a   Chow, Pierce K H ^a   Chung, Alexander Y F ^a   Tan, Ban Hock ^a   Tan, Puay Hoon ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONOSCOPY; CUSHING SYNDROME; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EOSINOPHIL; FECES ANALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINE BIOPSY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; STRONGYLOIDES; STRONGYLOIDES COLITIS;

ANIMALS; COLITIS; COLONOSCOPY; COMORBIDITY; CUSHING SYNDROME; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS;

EID: 2342608521     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-5107(04)00289-5     Document Type: Article

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