A 26-year-old woman with bouts of abdominal pain, vomiting, and diarrhea

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 342, Issue 17, 2000, Pages 1272-1278

  Berger, D L ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; APPENDIX DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COLONOSCOPY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTUSSUSCEPTION; IRRITABLE COLON; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034720158     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM200004273421708     Document Type: Article

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