Severe intimal hyperplasia with ischaemic colitis in two patients with hepatitis C

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 326-329

  Randall, K L ^a,b   Yong, J ^a   Steele, R H ^a   Spicer, S T ^a   Howlin, K J ^a   Quin, J ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C; Hyperplasia; Ischaemia; Ischaemic colitis; Tunica intima

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; ERYTHROPOIETIN; PEGINTERFERON;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; GANGRENE; HEART INFARCTION; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ISCHEMIC COLITIS; MALE; MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADULT; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; COLITIS, ISCHEMIC; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TUNICA INTIMA; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 34248372791     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2007.01318.x     Document Type: Article

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