Multiple chronic non-specific ulcer of small intestine characterized by anemia and hypoalbuminemia

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 782-784

  Chen, Yan ^a   Ma, Wang Qian ^a   Chen, Jia Min ^a   Cai, Jian Ting ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anemia; Capsule endoscopy; Gastrointestinal bleeding; Hypoalbuminemia; Small intestinal ulcer

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; PREDNISONE;

ABDOMINAL BULGE; ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANKLE EDEMA; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHEST TIGHTNESS; COLONOSCOPY; DIARRHEA; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; DISEASE DURATION; DIZZINESS; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART PALPITATION; HEMATURIA; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; INTESTINE ULCER; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; OCCULT BLOOD; PALLOR; PERCUSSION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROTEINURIA; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT DURATION; URINALYSIS;

EID: 76749170744     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i6.782     Document Type: Article

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