Abdominal pain

Geriatric Gastroenterology

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 323-328

  Pitchumoni, C S ^a,b   Dharmarajan, T S ^c,d  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SAINT PETER S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 84919749764     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-1623-5_32     Document Type: Chapter

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