Pyoderma gangrenosum and ulcerative colitis in the tropics

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 664-667

  Alese, Olatunji B ^a   Irabor, David O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Bloody diarrhea; Colitis; Pyoderma gangrenosum; Rectal bleeding

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; DAPSONE; METRONIDAZOLE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BLOODY DIARRHEA; CASE REPORT; COLON BIOPSY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; GLUTEUS MAXIMUS MUSCLE; HAND; HEMORRHOID; HONEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INGUINAL REGION; LEG; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NECK; NIGERIA; PROCTITIS; PYODERMA GANGRENOSUM; RECTUM BIOPSY; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; RECTUM MUCOSA; SCALP; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN ULCER; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TROPICS; ULCER HEALING; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; WOUND DRESSING;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; DAPSONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISOLONE; PYODERMA GANGRENOSUM;

EID: 59349099888     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0037-86822008000600020     Document Type: Article

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