Abdominal angina in patients with a midgut carcinoid, a sign of severe pathology

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1139-1142

  De Vries, Harry ^a   Wijffels, Rob T M ^a   Willemse, Pax H B ^a   Verschueren, René C J ^a   Kema, Ido P ^a   Karrenbeld, Arend ^a   Prins, Ted R ^a   De Vries, Elisabeth G E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ABDOMINAL ANGINA; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CARCINOID; CARCINOID SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; ILEUM; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; LIVER METASTASIS; MALE; MIDGUT; PATHOLOGY; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; SMALL INTESTINE RESECTION; TUMOR GROWTH;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; CARCINOID TUMOR; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILEAL NEOPLASMS; ILEUM; ISCHEMIA; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; NITROGLYCERIN; POSTPRANDIAL PERIOD;

EID: 27744548791     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-005-7825-x     Document Type: Article

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