Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume 100, Issue 9 , Pages 885-887 , September 2006

Small bowel obstruction secondary to intestinal schistosomiasis

Received 24 August 2005 ,Revised 19 October 2005 ,Accepted 20 October 2005.

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PII: S0035-9203(05)00387-1

doi: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2005.10.013

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume 100, Issue 9 , Pages 885-887 , September 2006

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