Colonic perforation in Behçet's syndrome

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 14, Issue 42, 2008, Pages 6578-6580

  Dowling, Catherine M ^a   Hill, Arnold D K ^a   Malone, Carmel ^a   Sheehan, John J ^a   Tormey, Shona ^a   Sheahan, Kieran ^a   McDermott, Enda ^a   O'Higgins, Niall J ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Beh et's syndrome; Colonic perforation

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CORTICOSTEROID; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; WARFARIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; BRAIN VEIN; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON PERFORATION; COLON RESECTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECREASED APPETITE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FACIAL NERVE DISEASE; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; ILEUM RESECTION; INTESTINE ULCER; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOUTH ULCER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PAPILLEDEMA; PERITONITIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SCAR FORMATION; SKIN NODULE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VASCULITIS; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION; COLON; COLON DISEASE; ILEOSTOMY; INJURY; INTESTINE PERFORATION; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCER;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTICOAGULANTS; BEHCET SYNDROME; COLECTOMY; COLON; COLONIC DISEASES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; ILEOSTOMY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCER;

EID: 63449129791     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.14.6578     Document Type: Article

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