Acute appendicitis in inactive extensive ulcerative colitis;Apendicitis aguda en colitis ulcerosa extensa e inactiva

Gastroenterologia y Hepatologia

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 69-73

  Zabana, Yamile ^a   Domènech Morral, Eugeni ^a   Latorre, Noelia ^a   Ojanguren, Isabel ^a   Mañosa, Míriam ^a   Gassull, Miquel A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; STEROID;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLON RESECTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

EID: 33947233451     PISSN: 02105705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13099267     Document Type: Article

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