A rare cause of abdominal pain: Eosinophilic gastroenteritis

Netherlands Journal of Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 367-369

  Verheijden, N A F ^a   Ennecker Jans, S A M ^a  

^a AMPHIA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; Eosinophilic gastroenteritis; Eosinophilic infltration

Indexed keywords

PREDNISONE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABNORMAL LABORATORY RESULT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; EOSINOPHIL; EOSINOPHILIC GASTROENTERITIS; GASTROSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; NAUSEA; TREATMENT DURATION;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; EOSINOPHILIA; GASTROENTERITIS; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; PREDNISONE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 78649766248     PISSN: 03002977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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