A Calcium Enterolith in a Patient with Crohn’s Disease and Its In Vitro Dissolubility in Citric Acid
The microstructure and dissolubility of a calcified enterolith and enterolith pieces removed from a 26-year-old Japanese woman with Crohn’s disease were analyzed using scanning electron microscopy and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy. The enterolith showed a multilayered structure with fatty aci...
Main Authors: | Masaya Iwamuro, Haruo Urata, Sakiko Hiraoka, Masayasu Ohmori, Yoshitaka Kondo, Yoshiro Kawahara, Hiroyuki Okada |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2017-01-01
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Series: | Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/2951547 |
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