Ephedra-induced gastric mucosal injury

Case Reports in Gastroenterology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 79-83

  Lillegard, Joseph B ^a   Porterfield Jr , John R ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Ephedra; Ischemia; Mucosa; Stomach

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; EPHEDRA EXTRACT; EPHEDRINE; HEMATOXYLIN; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ACUTE ABDOMEN; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; EPHEDRA; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FEVER; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MUCOSAL NECROSIS; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; PARTIAL GASTRECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTIVE AIRWAY DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEPTIC SHOCK; STOMACH MUCOSA INJURY; STOMACH PERFORATION; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 77958542620     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16620631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000262290     Document Type: Article

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