Solitary rectal ulcer syndrome: Endoscopic spectrum and review of the literature

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 755-762

  Sharara, Ala I ^a   Azar, Cecilio ^b   Amr, Samir S ^b   Haddad, Maurice ^b   Eloubeidi, Mohamad A ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN GLUE; GLUCOCORTICOID; MESALAZINE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; SUCRALFATE;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHOLINERGIC NERVE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEFECATION; DEFECOGRAPHY; DIETARY INTAKE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCTOPEXY; RECTUM BIOPSY; RECTUM PROLAPSE; RECTUM SURGERY; RECTUM ULCER; REVIEW;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; HUMANS; RECTAL DISEASES; ULCER;

EID: 27144558010     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2005.07.016     Document Type: Review

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