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Toxic megacolon

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Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

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  1. Charles B. Ripstein M.D.

    Present address: Department of Surgery, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida

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    Charles B. Ripstein M.D. & Edward A. Wiener M.D.

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Read at the meeting of the American Proctologic Society, New York, New York, June 11 to 14, 1972.

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Ripstein, C.B., Wiener, E.A. Toxic megacolon. Dis Colon Rectum 16, 402–408 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02587588

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