Diagnosis: Peutz-Jeghers syndrome with jejunal and colonic intussusception
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Intussusception secundary to Peutz-Jeghers syndrome
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Saudi Medicine
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0256-4947,0975-4466
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2006.330