Ischemic colitis in postmenopausal women taking hormone replacement therapy

Gynecological Endocrinology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 257-260

  Zervoudis, S ^a   Grammatopoulos, T ^b   Iatrakis, G ^a   Katsoras, G ^b   Tsionis, C ^c   Diakakis, I ^c   Calpaktsoglou, C ^d   Zafiriou, S ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b METROPOLITAN HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c 'E Venizelou' Hospital   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bowel; Hormonal therapy related colitis; Hormone replacement therapy; Ischemic colitis

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL VALERATE; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; METRONIDAZOLE; NORETHISTERONE; NORGESTREL;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLONOSCOPY; DIET RESTRICTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC COLITIS; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; COLITIS, ISCHEMIC; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; METRONIDAZOLE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PROGESTERONE CONGENERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 45949106781     PISSN: 09513590     EISSN: 14730766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09513590802002163     Document Type: Article

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