Endometriosis-induced acute small and large bowel obstruction: Rare clinical entities

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 118, Issue 1217, 2005, Pages

  Chaer, Rabih A ^a   Sam II, Albert D ^a   Teresi, Miguel ^b   Cintron, Jose R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b JESSE BROWN VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE ANASTOMOSIS; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LAPAROSCOPY; NAUSEA; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; VOMITING; ABDOMINAL PAIN; CECUM DISEASE; COLON DISEASE; ILEUM DISEASE; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; CECAL DISEASES; COLONIC DISEASES; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILEAL DISEASES; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; PELVIC PAIN;

EID: 26944487681     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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