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Seprafilm-induced peritoneal inflammation: a previously unknown complication. Report of a case

P J Klingler1, N R Floch, M H Seelig

  • 1Department of General Surgery, Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Florida 32224, USA.

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum
|December 29, 1999
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