Endoscopic diagnosis of infectious colitis

Annals of Gastroenterology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 71-74

  Mantzaris, G J ^a,b  

^a A' Gastroenterology Clinic   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLITIS; COLONOSCOPY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSENTERY; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTESTINE ENDOSCOPY; INTESTINE INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS; RECTUM BIOPSY; RISK FACTOR; SALMONELLOSIS; SHIGELLOSIS; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; TUBERCULOSIS; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 34548537525     PISSN: 11087471     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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