Pravastatin-induced colitis

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 810-812

  Mukhopadhya, Ashis ^a   Gilmour, Hugh ^a   Plevris, John ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colitis; Pravastatin

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMITRIPTYLINE; ARTHROTEC; ATENOLOL; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; DICLOFENAC; HEMOGLOBIN; HYDROCORTISONE; LEVOTHYROXINE; MISOPROSTOL; PRAVASTATIN; SERUM ALBUMIN; STEROID; UREA; WARFARIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; COLITIS; COLON BIOPSY; COLON INJURY; COLON ULCER; COLONOSCOPY; DEPRESSION; DIARRHEA; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FOLLOW UP; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INTESTINE ULCER; LAMINA PROPRIA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LONG TERM CARE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RECTUM; RECTUM POLYP; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; STEROID THERAPY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; ULCER HEALING; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; PATHOLOGY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLITIS; COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; PRAVASTATIN;

EID: 52749095705     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEG.0b013e3282f45740     Document Type: Article

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