Meckel's diverticulum diagnosed by double-balloon enteroscopy in an adult presenting with obscure gastrointestinal bleeding.
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Title Meckel's diverticulum diagnosed by double-balloon enteroscopy. Author(s) Ohnita, Ken; Isomoto, Hajime; Mizuta, Yohei; Akazawa, Shiho; Akazawa, Yuko; Ohba, Kazuo; Yoshimura, Masaya; Shikuwa, Saburo; Omagari, Katsuhisa; Fujita, Fumihiko; Abe, Kuniko; Kohno, Shigeru Citation Endoscopy, 39(1), pp.E146-147; 2007 Issue Date 2007-02 URL http://hdl.handle.net/10069/22661 Right © Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York NAOSITE: Nagasaki University's Academic Output SITE
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Endoscopy
دوره 39 Suppl 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2006