NO-Xplode: A case of supplement-associated ischemic colitis

Military Medicine

Volumn 175, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 202-205

  Magee, Charles D ^a   Moawad, Fouad J ^a   Moses, Frank ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC COLITIS; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SOLDIER;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; COLITIS, ISCHEMIC; COLONOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NONPRESCRIPTION DRUGS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77949420672     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-09-00104     Document Type: Article

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