Acute mesenteric infarction: An important cause of abdominal pain in ulcerative colitis

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1429-1432

  Irving, Peter M ^a   Alstead, Elspeth M ^a   Greaves, Ralph R ^a   Feakins, Roger M ^a   Pollok, Richard C G ^b   Rampton, David S ^a  

^a BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Inflammatory bowel disease; Ischaemia; Mesenteric thrombosis; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; HYDROCORTISONE; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; MESALAZINE; PREDNISOLONE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; STEROID;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOODY DIARRHEA; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFARCTION; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MESENTERY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFARCTION; INTESTINES; MALE; SPLANCHNIC CIRCULATION; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 29244472452     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-200512000-00027     Document Type: Article

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