Gastrointestinal angiodysplasia in three Saudi children

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 223-226

  Al Mehaidib, Ali ^a   Alnassar, Saleh ^a   Alshamrani, Ali S ^b  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^b ASEER CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON; PREDNISOLONE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANEMIA; ANGIODYSPLASIA; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOODY DIARRHEA; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLITIS; COLONOSCOPY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMATEMESIS; HEMATOCHEZIA; HUMAN; ILEOANAL ANASTOMOSIS; INFANT; INTESTINE BIOPSY; MELENA; NEWBORN; OCCULT BLOOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; SAUDI ARABIA; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; TOTAL COLON RESECTION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ANASTOMOSIS; BIOPSY; COLON DISEASE; COLON RESECTION; ILEUM; MALE; METHODOLOGY; RECTUM;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANGIODYSPLASIA; BIOPSY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLECTOMY; COLONIC DISEASES; COLONOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ILEUM; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RECTUM;

EID: 69449096577     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: 13199226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.51786     Document Type: Article

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