Small bowel lymphangiectasia and angiodysplasia: A positive association; Novel clinical marker or shared pathophysiology?

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 610-614

  MacDonald, Jonathan ^a   Porter, Victoria ^a   Scott, Neil W ^b   McNamara, Deirdre ^a  

^a ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

age; angiodysplasia; lymphangiectasia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANGIODYSPLASIA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY MASS; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; INTESTINE LYMPHANGIECTASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIODYSPLASIA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINE, SMALL; LOGISTIC MODELS; LYMPHANGIECTASIS, INTESTINAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957592154     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCG.0b013e3181dd9c3f     Document Type: Article

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