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Pharmacologic treatment of colonic pseudo-obstruction

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Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

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  1. Birmingham, UK

    R. Hutchinson F.R.C.S.

  2. San Francisco, California

    Quan -Yang Duh M.D. & Lawrence W. Way M.D.

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Hutchinson, R., Duh, Q.Y. & Way, L.W. Pharmacologic treatment of colonic pseudo-obstruction. Dis Colon Rectum 36, 781–783 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02048374

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