Pneumoencephalomeningitis complicating Crohn's disease: A case report [9]

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 102, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2356-2357

  Ramsay, David B ^a   Petinaux, Bruno ^a   Borum, Marie ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; GABAPENTIN; MERCAPTOPURINE; MESALAZINE; METRONIDAZOLE; PREDNISONE;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COLON RESECTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROHN DISEASE; DIARRHEA; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PNEUMOCEPHALUS; PNEUMOENCEPHALOMENINGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SPINAL CORD;

ADULT; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL FISTULA; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; PNEUMOCEPHALUS; SPINAL CORD DISEASES;

EID: 34848920056     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01353_9.x     Document Type: Letter

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