Intestinal obstruction due to congenital mesenteric band in an adult patient

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  • 1Department of General Surgery, Marmara University Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey.

The Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology : the Official Journal of Turkish Society of Gastroenterology
|November 21, 2013
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