Heartburn and multiple-site foregut perforations as primary manifestation of Crohn's disease

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 199-201

  Bona, D ^a   Incarbone, R ^a   Chella, B ^a   Vecchi, M ^b   Bonavina, L ^a,c  

^a Division of General Surgery   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN DONATO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crohn's disease; Esophageal Crohn's disease; Esophageal perforation; Esophagectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANUS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON; CROHN DISEASE; DIGESTIVE TRACT ENDOSCOPY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; HEARTBURN; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILEUM; INCIDENCE; INTESTINE PERFORATION; JEJUNOSTOMY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINOSALICYLIC ACIDS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CROHN DISEASE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DUODENAL DISEASES; ESOPHAGEAL PERFORATION; HEARTBURN; HUMANS; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; JEJUNAL DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 29144535638     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2050.2005.00468.x     Document Type: Article

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