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CASE REPORT: Volvulus of the Gallbladder

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  1. General Surgery Department, Mexico General Hospital, Mexico City, Mexico

    Jorge Ortiz-Gonzãlez

  2. General Surgery Department, Cuernavaca General Hospital “Dr. J. G. Parres,” Cuernavaea, Mexico

    Martha Patricia Reyes-Segura, Francisco Gutierrez-Carrillo & Ricardo Gerardo Vega-Chavaje

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Ortiz-Gonzãlez, J., Reyes-Segura, M.P., Gutierrez-Carrillo, F. et al. CASE REPORT: Volvulus of the Gallbladder. Dig Dis Sci 48, 1116–1117 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1023720913842

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