An unusual case of abdominal pain

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 370, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 70-75

  Goodman, Russell ^a   Dellaripa, Paul F ^a   Miller, Amy Leigh ^a   Loscalzo, Joseph ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; PREDNISONE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ANALGESIA; BREATHING RATE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATIGUE; HUMAN; KIDNEY SCAR; MALE; NAUSEA; NOTE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ANGIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VOMITING; COMPLICATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; HYPERTENSION; INFARCTION; KIDNEY; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY; VASCULARIZATION;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INFARCTION; KIDNEY; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERY, SUPERIOR; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA;

EID: 84892172953     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcps1215559     Document Type: Article

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