Cytomegalovirus Colitis Causing Cecal Perforation and Massive Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding
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Jeon, Jung-Won
(Department of Internal Medicine, Gang Dong Kyung Hee University Hospital, Kyunghee University College of Medicine)
Cha, Jae-Myung (Department of Internal Medicine, Gang Dong Kyung Hee University Hospital, Kyunghee University College of Medicine) Lee, Joung-Il (Department of Internal Medicine, Gang Dong Kyung Hee University Hospital, Kyunghee University College of Medicine) Joo, Kwang-Ro (Department of Internal Medicine, Gang Dong Kyung Hee University Hospital, Kyunghee University College of Medicine) Shin, Hyun-Phil (Department of Internal Medicine, Gang Dong Kyung Hee University Hospital, Kyunghee University College of Medicine) Park, Jae-Jun (Department of Internal Medicine, Gang Dong Kyung Hee University Hospital, Kyunghee University College of Medicine) Pack, Kwan-Mi (Department of Internal Medicine, Gang Dong Kyung Hee University Hospital, Kyunghee University College of Medicine) Lim, Jun-Uk (Department of Internal Medicine, Gang Dong Kyung Hee University Hospital, Kyunghee University College of Medicine) |
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