Ischemic colitis: Surging waves of update

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 218, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 83-92

  Stamatakos, Michael ^a   Douzinas, Emmanuel ^a   Stefanaki, Charikleia ^a   Petropoulou, Constantina ^a   Arampatzi, Helen ^a   Safioleas, Constantinos ^a   Giannopoulos, George ^a   Chatziconstantinou, Constantinos ^b   Xiromeritis, Constantinos ^a   Safioleas, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b Saint Panteleimon General Hospital   (Greece)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Colon; Colonic ischemia; Intestinal tract; Ischemic colitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DIGITALIS; FLUORESCEIN; INFUSION FLUID; LAXATIVE; STEROID; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ANGIOGRAPHY; BARIUM ENEMA; BLOODY DIARRHEA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONOSCOPY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; ETHNICITY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY; INTESTINE INFARCTION; INTESTINE NECROSIS; INTESTINE PERFORATION; ISCHEMIC COLITIS; LAPAROTOMY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PATHOGENESIS; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SEX RATIO; SIGMOIDECTOMY; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY; PATHOLOGY;

COLITIS, ISCHEMIC; HUMANS;

EID: 68549111321     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: 13493329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.218.83     Document Type: Review

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