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A brief discussion of the roentgen appearances of ileocecal valve, in various pathological processes of the ileocecal region has been made with description of the conditions that affect the valve.
The authors wish to express their appreciation to Dr. Maxwell H. Poppel, Professor of Radiology, for his stimulating help and constructive criticism.
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Beranbaum, S.L., Subbarao, K. The Ileo-cecal valve in diseases. Amer. Jour. Dig. Dis. 22, 331–335 (1955). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02886460
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