Gangrene of Meckel's diverticulum secondary to axial torsion: A rare complication

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 93, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1373-1375

  Malhotra, Sandeep ^b   Roth, Douglas A ^b   Gouge, Thomas H ^b   Hofstetter, Steven R ^b   Sidhu, Gurdip ^b   Newman, Elliot ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE COURSE; GANGRENE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MECKEL DIVERTICULUM; OBSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORSION;

EID: 0032148063     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.1998.422_c.x     Document Type: Article

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