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01-05-2016 | Letter to the Editor

A case of a strangulated umbilical hernia causing gangrenous appendicitis

Authors: Justin T. Huntington, Sara A. Mansfield, Joseph M. Drosdeck, Gary Zhang, David C. Evans

Published in: International Journal of Colorectal Disease | Issue 5/2016

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Dear Editor: …

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Title: A case of a strangulated umbilical hernia causing gangrenous appendicitis
Authors: Justin T. Huntington
Sara A. Mansfield
Joseph M. Drosdeck
Gary Zhang
David C. Evans
Publication date: 01-05-2016
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: International Journal of Colorectal Disease / Issue 5/2016
Print ISSN: 0179-1958
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1262
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00384-015-2412-6

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