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The small bowel feces sign

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  1. Department of Radiology, University of Kentucky, 800 Rose Street, Room HX-318A, Lexington, KY, 40536-0293, USA

    Scott Berl, Adrian Dawkins & David DiSantis

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Berl, S., Dawkins, A. & DiSantis, D. The small bowel feces sign. Abdom Radiol 41, 794–795 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00261-015-0628-0

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