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Unexplained Small-Bowel Obstruction in a Patient with Presumptive Achalasia: Need for Early Recognition of Chronic Intestinal Pseudo-obstruction (CIPO)

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  1. Division of Gastroenterology, Changi General Hospital, 2 Simei Street 3, Singapore, 529889, Singapore

    Daphne Ang, Eng-Kiong Teo, Tiing-Leong Ang & Kwong-Ming Fock

  2. Department of Pathology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore

    Kiat-Hon Lim

  3. Department of General Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore

    Preetha Madhukumar & Alexander YF Chung

  4. Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore

    YuTien Wang

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Ang, D., Teo, EK., Ang, TL. et al. Unexplained Small-Bowel Obstruction in a Patient with Presumptive Achalasia: Need for Early Recognition of Chronic Intestinal Pseudo-obstruction (CIPO). Dig Dis Sci 55, 2691–2692 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-009-1048-1

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