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An early diagnostic symptom in chronic intussusception.
THE clinical diagnosis of chronic intussusception in adults is notoriously difficult. Unless a mass is palpable in the abdomen, or the intussusception reveals itself on rectal examination, there may be little more to go on than vague abdominal pain and indefinite signs. Preoperative diagnosis is rarely made; out of 28 cases of spontaneous sloughing and healing collected by Robb and Souter (1962...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Lancet
سال: 1904
ISSN: 0140-6736
DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(01)88029-6