Sigmoid colon morphology in the population groups of Durban, South Africa, with special reference to sigmoid volvulus

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 441-453

  Madiba, T E ^a   Haffajee, M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

colon morphology; sigmoid colon; sigmoid volvulus

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; COLON TENIA; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; MESOCOLON; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGMOID; SIGMOID VOLVULUS; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CADAVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLON, SIGMOID; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTESTINAL VOLVULUS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955478829     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.21100     Document Type: Article

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