Utility of colonoscopy in the evaluation of diarrhea in solid organ transplant recipients

Transplantation

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 374-379

  Rice, John P ^a   Spier, Bret J ^a   Cornett, Daniel D ^a   Walker, Andrew J ^a   Richie, Kelly ^a   Pfau, Patrick R ^a,b  

^a University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Diarrhea; Evaluation; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE PLUS DIPHENOXYLATE; AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; GANCICLOVIR; LOPERAMIDE; MESALAZINE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; RAPAMYCIN; TACROLIMUS; VALGANCICLOVIR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLITIS; COLLAGENOUS COLITIS; COLON BIOPSY; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; FIBER; GRAFT REJECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTIOUS DIARRHEA; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BIOPSY; CHILD; COLON; COLONOSCOPY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DIARRHEA; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69449103567     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e3181ae98ab     Document Type: Article

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