Proctocolitis caused by coffee enemas

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 229-230

  Keum, Bora ^a   Jeen, Yoon Tae ^a   Park, Sung Chul ^a   Seo, Yeon Seok ^a   Kim, Yong Sik ^a   Chun, Hoon Jai ^a   Um, Soon Ho ^a   Kim, Chang Duck ^a   Ryu, Ho Sang ^a  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAFESTOL; CAFFEINE; CHLOROGENIC ACID; ENEMA; KAHWEOL;

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANUS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COFFEE; COLONOSCOPY; CONSTIPATION; DEATH; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; FEMALE; HEMATOCHEZIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LETTER; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCTOCOLITIS; SEPTICEMIA;

COFFEE; COLONOSCOPY; ENEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; KOREA; MIDDLE AGED; PROCTOCOLITIS;

EID: 73849088324     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2009.505     Document Type: Letter

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