Generalized megaviscera of lupus: Refractory intestinal pseudo-obstruction, ureterohydronephrosis and megacholedochus

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 15, Issue 28, 2009, Pages 3555-3559

  Park, Frederick D ^a   Lee, Jeffrey K ^a   Madduri, Ganga D ^a   Ghosh, Pradipta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmune myositis; Biliary tract diseases; Hydronephrosis; Hydroureter; Intestinal pseudo obstruction; Smooth muscle; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DIATRIZOATE; ERYTHROMYCIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; NEOSTIGMINE; TEGASEROD; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AIR ENEMA; ANAMNESIS; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BILE DUCT DILATATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSTIPATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CYSTITIS; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FECES IMPACTION; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; GASTRIC SUCTION; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTESTINE PSEUDOOBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE SOUND; KIDNEY DISEASE; LUPUS CYSTITIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; MALABSORPTION; MEMBRANOUS GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROTEINURIA; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TREATMENT FAILURE; URETER STENT; URETEROHYDRONEPHROSIS; COMMON BILE DUCT; HYDRONEPHROSIS; LESIONS AND DEFECTS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SYNDROME; URETER OBSTRUCTION;

COMMON BILE DUCT; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; HUMANS; HYDRONEPHROSIS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INTESTINAL PSEUDO-OBSTRUCTION; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MIDDLE AGED; SYNDROME; URETERAL OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 70349560272     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.15.3555     Document Type: Article

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