The writing on the wall

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 361, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 1387-1392

  Wolpin, Brian M ^a,c   Weller, Peter F ^b,c   Katz, Joel T ^a,c   Levy, Bruce D ^a,c   Loscalzo, Joseph ^a,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PREDNISONE;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EOSINOPHILIC GASTROENTERITIS; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JEJUNUM BIOPSY; MALE; NAUSEA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SATIETY; VOMITING; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ASTHMA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHILIA; GASTROENTERITIS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; JEJUNUM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; URTICARIA;

ANGIOEDEMA; ASTHMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHILIA; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; JEJUNUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URTICARIA;

EID: 70349614794     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcps0707685     Document Type: Article

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