Nicorandil-induced colonic ulceration

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn 2015, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Jacob, Jason Vazhayil ^a  

^a STOCKPORT NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; NICORANDIL; VASODILATOR AGENT;

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; ASCENDING COLON; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COLON BIOPSY; COLON PERFORATION; COLON ULCER; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVERSION TO OPEN SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; DEFECATION HABIT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROSCOPY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEMICOLECTOMY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILEOCECAL VALVE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LOOSE FECES; MUCOSAL BLEEDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WOUND INFECTION; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PATHOLOGY;

AGED; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; COLON, ASCENDING; COLONOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILEOCECAL VALVE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; NICORANDIL; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 84923351996     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2014-205310     Document Type: Article

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