Churg-Strauss syndrome complicated by colon erosion, acalculous cholecystitis and liver abscesses

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 11, Issue 33, 2005, Pages 5248-5250

  Suzuki, Msahiro ^a   Nabeshima, Kazuo ^a   Miyazaki, Mitsukazu ^a   Yoshimura, Hitoshi ^a   Tagawa, Shinsei ^a   Shiraki, Katsuya ^b  

^a Mie Prefectural Shima Hospital   (Japan)

^b University School of Medicine   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cholecystitis; Churg Strauss syndrome; Liver abscesses

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PREDNISOLONE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACALCULOUS CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CHURG STRAUSS SYNDROME; COLON BIOPSY; COLON ULCER; COLONOSCOPY; DISEASE DURATION; EOSINOPHIL; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER BIOPSY; NECROTIZING ARTERITIS;

EID: 26244466380     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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