Solitary rectal ulcer syndrome in children: A literature review

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 18, Issue 45, 2012, Pages 6541-6545

  Dehghani, Seyed Mohsen ^a   Malekpour, Abdorrasoul ^a   Haghighat, Mahmood ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Children; Diagnosis; Rectal bleeding; Solitary rectal ulcer syndrome; Treatment

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN; CORTICOSTEROID; LAXATIVE; MESALAZINE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; SALICYLIC ACID; STEROID; SUCRALFATE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION DISORDER; DEFECOGRAPHY; ENTERITIS; HIGH FIBER DIET; HUMAN; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MUCUS SECRETION; RECTUM BIOPSY; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; RECTUM PROLAPSE; RECTUM ULCER; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOLITARY RECTAL ULCER SYNDROME;

EID: 84873897974     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i45.6541     Document Type: Review

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