An unusual case of colonic ischemia

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 405-407

  Moawad, Fouad J ^a   Goldkind, Lawrence ^b  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Estrogen; Irritable bowel syndrome; Ischemic colitis; Migraines; Sumatriptan

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; SEROTONIN 1 RECEPTOR; SUMATRIPTAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON BIOPSY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ISCHEMIC COLITIS; MIGRAINE; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

COLITIS, ISCHEMIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SUMATRIPTAN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 67651162043     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e318191b741S     Document Type: Article

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