Intestinal pseudo-obstruction: An important diagnostic challenge
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[Chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction].
Chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction (CIPO) is a syndrome characterized by the presence of recurrent episodes of clinical intestinal obstruction in the absence of obstructive lesions. Although this syndrome is rare, it causes a high morbidity. It is caused by a disturbance of the intestinal motility, that results in a failure of the progression of the intestinal content. Basically, the failure...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Cancer Therapy and Oncology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2330-4049
DOI: 10.14319/ijcto.33.9