A case of Cronkhite-Canada syndrome with taste disturbance as a leading complaint

Digestion

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 201-205

  Blonski, Wojciech C ^a,b   Furth, Emma E ^a   Kinosian, Bruce P ^a   Compher, Charlene ^a   Metz, David C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b WROCLAW MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticosteroids; Cronkhite Canada syndrome; Gastrointestinal malignancies; Taste disturbance

Indexed keywords

ZINC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON POLYP; CRONKHITE CANADA SYNDROME; DUODENITIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL POLYPOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASTE DISORDER; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DYSGEUSIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL POLYPOSIS; ZINC;

EID: 23844553803     PISSN: 00122823     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000086135     Document Type: Article

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