The Whirl Sign and Small Intestinal Volvulus
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“Whirl Sign” of Primary Small Bowel Volvulus
Supervising Section Editor: Sean O. Henderson, MD Submission history: Submitted January 12, 2014; Revision received January 21, 2014; Accepted April 2, 2014 Electronically published May 12, 2014 Full text available through open access at http://escholarship.org/uc/uciem_westjem DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2014.4.20679 [West J Emerg Med. 2014;15(4):359–360.] University of the Ryukyus, Department of Inf...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Pediatrics
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0022-3476
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2016.02.041