Watermelon colon: Is there an association with alcohol?

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2007, Pages

  Altintas, Engin ^a,b   Sezgin, Orhan ^a   Cinel, Leyla ^a  

^a MERSIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MERSIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Bowel; Watermelon colon

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLON DISEASE; COLONOSCOPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LAMINA PROPRIA; MALE; RECTUM BIOPSY; REMISSION; WATERMELON COLON;

ALCOHOLISM; CAPILLARIES; COLON; COLONIC DISEASES; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 36148946399     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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