Capsule endoscopy diagnosis of intestinal involvement in a patient with Churg-Strauss syndrome

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1082-1084

  Sánchez, Rosario ^a   Aparicio, José R ^a   Baeza, Teresa ^a   Calero, Yolanda ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CHURG STRAUSS SYNDROME; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRONEUROLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE ULCER; JEJUNUM ULCER; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; CHURG-STRAUSS SYNDROME; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 33646844118     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2006.01.003     Document Type: Article

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