Solitary rectal ulcer syndrome: Characteristics, outcomes and predictive profiles for persistent bleeding per rectum

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1063-1068

  Chong, Vui Heng ^a   Jalihal, A ^a  

^a RIPAS HOSPITAL   (Brunei Darussalam)

Author keywords

Haematochezia; Rectal prolapse; Rectal ulcer; Solitary rectal ulcer syndrome

Indexed keywords

BULKING AGENT; ENEMA; HYDROCORTISONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; ISPAGULA; LACTULOSE; MESALAZINE; NORMACOL; PREDNISOLONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; STEROID;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION HABIT; DIARRHEA; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG FORMULATION; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; RECTUM ULCER; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATHARTICS; CHILD; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; RECTAL DISEASES; RECTUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCER;

EID: 33845449144     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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