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Adult Intestinal Malrotation: When Things Turn the Wrong Way

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  1. Department of Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA, USA

    Owen P. Palmer & Brendan C. Visser

  2. Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA, USA

    Horace H. Rhee & Walter G. Park

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Palmer, O.P., Rhee, H.H., Park, W.G. et al. Adult Intestinal Malrotation: When Things Turn the Wrong Way. Dig Dis Sci 57, 284–287 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-011-1818-4

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