Sodium polystyrene sulfonate (SPS): Sorbitol-induced colonic necrosis

Practical Gastroenterology

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 47-50

  Erfani, Mohamad ^a   Akula, Yougandhar ^a   Zolfaghari, Touraj ^a   Hertan, Hilary I ^a  

^a MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYSTYRENESULFONATE SODIUM;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCENDING COLON; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLITIS; COLON BIOPSY; COLON NECROSIS; COLON ULCER; COLONOSCOPY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSURIA; EXUDATE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INTESTINE NECROSIS; MEDICAL HISTORY; MICROCYTIC ANEMIA; UREMIA; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 79551706704     PISSN: 02774208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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