Melanosis ilei associated with chronic ingestion of oral iron

Gut and Liver

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 315-317

  Jae, Myung Cha ^a   Joung, Il Lee ^a   Kwang, Ro Joo ^a   Sung, Won Jung ^a   Hyun, Phil Shin ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Hemosiderin; Ileum; Melanosis

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CANDESARTAN HEXETIL; FERRITIN; FERROUS SULFATE; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOSIDERIN; IRON; MULTIVITAMIN; NIFEDIPINE;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CECUM; CHRONIC IRON INGESTION; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COLONOSCOPY; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOSIDEROSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; ILEUM MUCOSA; INGESTION; INTESTINE VILLUS; IRON BINDING CAPACITY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LAMINA PROPRIA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MACROPHAGE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MELANOSIS; MELANOSIS ILEI; MICROSCOPY; PIGMENTATION; THROMBOCYTE; UREMIA;

EID: 74249109578     PISSN: 19762283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5009/gnl.2009.3.4.315     Document Type: Article

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