Wilkie's syndrome may be due to poor motility

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 75, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1027-

  Martin, Richard J F ^a   Khor, Tze Sheng ^a   Vermeulen, Tersia ^a   Hall, John ^a  

^a ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DUODENOJEJUNOSTOMY; DUODENUM OBSTRUCTION; ENTEROSTOMY; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINAL NEURONAL DYSPLASIA; INTESTINE MOTILITY; LAPAROTOMY; LETTER; MALE; PERISTALSIS; SIDE TO SIDE ANASTOMOSIS; SYMPTOM; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DUODENUM; LESIONS AND DEFECTS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SYNDROME;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; DUODENUM; HUMANS; MALE; PERISTALSIS; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY SYNDROME; SYNDROME;

EID: 33644877874     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2005.03603.x     Document Type: Letter

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