A case of acute colonic pseudoobstruction in pregnancy

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 363-365

  Rieger, Nicholas A ^a   Lyon, William J ^a   Bryce, Robert L ^a   Birrell, Stephen N ^a  

^a FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLON OBSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE PSEUDOOBSTRUCTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029736729     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.1996.tb02731.x     Document Type: Article

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