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Widening of the presacral space—A new cause

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Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

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  1. Department of Radiology, University of Alberta Hospital, T6G 2B7, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

    David J. Zacks M.B., F.R.C.R., F.R.C.P.(C) & Lambros B. Costopoulos M.D., F.R.C.P. (C)

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Died December 5, 1978.

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Zacks, D.J., Costopoulos, L.B. Widening of the presacral space—A new cause. Dis Colon Rectum 22, 185–186 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02586818

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