Primary torsion of the greater omentum [3]

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 613-614

  Kepertis, Chrysostomos ^a   Koutsoumis, Georgios ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE ABDOMEN; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; APPENDECTOMY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GREATER OMENTUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; LETTER; LIPID STORAGE; MALE; PATHOLOGY; SCHOOL CHILD; TORSION;

CHILD; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; OMENTUM; TORSION;

EID: 21244497758     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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