Radiation enteritis leading to intestinal failure: 1994 patient-years of experience in a national referral centre

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 166-170

  Kalaiselvan, R ^a   Theis, V S ^a   Dibb, M ^a   Teubner, A ^a   Anderson, I D ^a   Shaffer, J L ^a   Carlson, G L ^a   Lal, S ^a  

^a SALFORD ROYAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; INTESTINAL FISTULA; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION THERAPY; PARENTERAL NUTRITION, HOME; RADIOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHORT BOWEL SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UROGENITAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84893717158     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2013.251     Document Type: Article

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