Severe weight loss caused by chewing gum

BMJ

Volumn 336, Issue 7635, 2008, Pages 96-97

  Bauditz, Juergen ^a   Norman, Kristina ^a   Biering, Henrik ^a   Lochs, Herbert ^a   Pirlich, Matthias ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CASE REPORT; CHEWING GUM; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON BIOPSY; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUODENUM BIOPSY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; CATHARTICS; CHEWING GUM; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SORBITOL; SWEETENING AGENTS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 38349083249     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39280.657350.BE     Document Type: Article

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