A 73-year-old Man with Long-term Immobility Presenting with Abdominal Pain

Overview

Journal PLoS Med

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2009 Jul 15

PMID 19597540

Citations 11

Authors

Salomone Di Saverio

Gregorio Tugnoli

Paolo Emilio Orlandi

Marco Casali

Fausto Catena

Andrea Biscardi

Omeshnie Pillay

Franco Baldoni

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