Gastroenterology
Volume 138, Issue 4 , Page 1250 , April 2010

Abdominal Distension in a 79-Year-Old Patient

  • Jung-Chun Lin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Heng-Cheng Chu, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Daniel Hueng-Yuan Shen, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.

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doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2009.07.081

Gastroenterology
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