Sorbitol can be the cause of colonic explosion [2]

Endoscopy

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 257-

  Rerknimitr, Rungsun ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ALCOHOL; FORMIC ACID; HYDROGEN; MANNITOL; SORBITOL;

BLAST INJURY; CAUTERIZATION; COLON DISEASE; COLONOSCOPY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FERMENTATION; HUMAN; INTRACOLONIC GAS EXPLOSION; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION;

CATHARTICS; COLECTOMY; COLON; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOSCOPY; ENEMA; HUMANS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; SORBITOL;

EID: 34047096348     PISSN: 0013726X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-966199     Document Type: Letter

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