Nicorandil-associated para-stomal ulceration: Case series

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1293-1295

  Abdelrazeq, Ayman S ^a,b   Owen, Carol ^a   Smith, Louise ^a   McAdam, John G ^a   Pearson, Henry J ^a   Leveson, Stephen H ^a  

^a DIANA PRINCESS OF WALES HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colostomy; Ileostomy; Nicorandil; Para stomal; Ulceration

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NICORANDIL; TSUKUBAENOLIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; PARA STOMAL ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULCER; UMBILICUS;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NICORANDIL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SKIN ULCER; STOMAS; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 33750930719     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.meg.0000243880.02197.8b     Document Type: Article

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