Eosinophilic gastroenteritis presenting with duodenal obstruction and ascites

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 379-381

  Lim, Kian Chai ^a   Tan, Hsien Khai ^b   Rajnakova, Andrea ^a   Venkatesh, Sudhakar Kundapur ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b KHOO TECK PUAT HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ASCITES; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; DUODENUM OBSTRUCTION; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; EOSINOPHILIC GASTROENTERITIS; EPIGASTRIC DISCOMFORT; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL BIOPSY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; VOMITING;

EID: 80052858546     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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