Cause of Lower Limb Edema and Hypoproteinemia Diagnosed by Double-Balloon Endoscopy

Gastroenterology

Volumn 137, Issue 4, 2009, Pages e1-

  Izawa, Naoki ^a   Sawada, Takeshi ^a   Itoh, Fumio ^a  

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PROTEIN;

ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOUBLE BALLOON ENTEROSCOPY; EDEMA; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; HYPOPROTEINEMIA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LEG; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH BIOPSY; AGED; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; INTESTINE LYMPHANGIECTASIA; MALE;

AGED; BIOPSY; COLONOSCOPY; EDEMA; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; HUMANS; HYPOPROTEINEMIA; LOWER EXTREMITY; LYMPHANGIECTASIS, INTESTINAL; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 70349416496     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2009.01.057     Document Type: Note

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