A case of rheumatoid arthritis with protein losing enteropathy induced by multiple diaphragmatic strictures of the small intestine: Successful treatment by bougieing under double-balloon enteroscopy [13]

Gut

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1372-

  Kamata, Y ^a   Iwamoto, M ^a   Nara, H ^a   Kamimura, T ^a   Takayashiki, N ^a   Yomamoto, H ^a   Sugano, K ^a   Yoshio, T ^a   Okazaki, H ^a   Minota, S ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; BALLOON; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOSING GASTROENTEROPATHY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BALLOON DILATATION; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE, SMALL; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEIN-LOSING ENTEROPATHIES;

EID: 33747759082     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.2006.100446     Document Type: Letter

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