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A syndrome characterized by inflammation in the ILEUM, the CECUM, and the ASCENDING COLON. It is observed in cancer patients with CHEMOTHERAPY-induced NEUTROPENIA or in other immunocompromised individuals (IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST).
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- Enterocolitis, Neutropenic
- Ileocecal Syndrome
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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2004
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- Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous (1976-2003)
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- National Library of Medicine. Neutropenic Enterocolitis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D044504. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D044504
- Neutropenic Enterocolitis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q54971712