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Splenic rupture following diagnostic colonoscopy.
Male of 67 years of age with a history of ischemic heart disease and bypass graft aorto-biliac currently being treated with clopidogrel, atenolol, isosorbide mononitrate, and statins, who underwent colonoscopy because of general syndrome and anemia. A colonoscopy was performed with sedation medication administered (midazolam 4 mg and fentanyl 0.05 mg) and without complications to report, showin...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: World Journal of Gastroenterology
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1007-9327
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.14.6410