Acute abdomen for omental volvulus

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 187, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 268-269

  Caprino, Paola ^a   Prete, Francesco P ^a   Alfieri, Sergio ^a   Doglietto, Giovanni Battista ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; OMENTUM; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VOLVULUS;

EID: 0842309351     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2003.11.019     Document Type: Note

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