Combined surgical and endoscopic clearance of small-bowel polyps in Peutz-Jeghers syndrome

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 96, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 505-506

  Seenath, M M ^a   Scott, M J ^b   Morris, A I ^a   Ellis, A ^a   Hershman, M J ^a  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUTERIZATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIATHERMY; DUODENUM POLYP; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ENTEROSTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; PEUTZ JEGHERS SYNDROME; POLYPECTOMY; POLYPOSIS;

EID: 0142074352     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.96.10.505     Document Type: Article

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