1768 Nuclear Transit Scintigraphy (NTS) Provides Objective Assessment of Gastrointestinal Transit in Children with Slow-Transit Constipation (STC)
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Laparoscopic treatment of chronic slow transit constipation
Ann. Ital. Chir. Published online: 29 Dicembre 2011 1 Pervenuto in Redazione Settebbre 2011 Accettato per la pubblicazione Ottobre 2011 Correspondence to: Dr. Giovanni Conzo, Dipartimento di Scienze Anestesiologiche, Chirurgiche e dell’Emergenza VII Divisione di Chirurgia Generale Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia Seconda Università degli Studi di Napoli, Via Generale G. Orsini 42, 80132 Napoli (...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Disease in Childhood
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0003-9888,1468-2044
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2012-302724.1768