Diarrhoea, ascites and eosinophilia: An unusual triad

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1509-1511

  Gallagher, Tom K ^a   Winter, Desmond C ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Ascites; Cromoglycate; Diarrhoea; Enteritis; Eosinophilia

Indexed keywords

CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CASE REPORT; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; ECHOGRAPHY; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; EOSINOPHILIA; EOSINOPHILIC ENTERITIS; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; PARASITOSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; STOMACH BIOPSY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; ASCITES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIARRHEA; ENTERITIS; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HUMANS;

EID: 36249030479     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: 15027708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365520701435873     Document Type: Article

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