Sudden blindness in a child with Crohn's disease

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 17, Issue 38, 2011, Pages 4344-4346

  Barabino, Arrigo Vittorio ^a   Gandullia, Paolo ^a   Calvi, Angela ^a   Vignola, Silvia ^a   Arrigo, Serena ^a   de Marco, Riccardo ^a  

^a G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crohn's disease; Demyelinating disease; Extraintestinal manifestations; Optic neuritis

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; AZATHIOPRINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; METRONIDAZOLE; OMEPRAZOLE; PREDNISONE; SULTAMICILLIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; BLOODY DIARRHEA; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COLONOSCOPY; CROHN DISEASE; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ENTERITIS; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; HUMAN; MALE; OPTIC NEURITIS; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION; VOMITING;

EID: 80955151258     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i38.4344     Document Type: Article

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