Rectal Bleeding and Hypertensive Colopathy in May-Thurner Syndrome
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Masallah Baran
Department of Pediatrics, Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkey
Address correspondence and reprint requests to Masallah Baran, MD, Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, Yenisehir, Konak, Izmir 35170, Turkey (e-mail: [email protected]).Search for more papers by this authorAli Kanik
Department of Pediatrics, Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkey
Search for more papers by this authorEnder Can
Department of Pediatrics, Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkey
Search for more papers by this authorMustafa Parildar
Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey
Search for more papers by this authorEmel E. Pala
Department of Pathology, Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkey
Search for more papers by this authorMehmet Helvaci
Department of Pediatrics, Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkey
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Masallah Baran
Department of Pediatrics, Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkey
Address correspondence and reprint requests to Masallah Baran, MD, Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, Yenisehir, Konak, Izmir 35170, Turkey (e-mail: [email protected]).Search for more papers by this authorAli Kanik
Department of Pediatrics, Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkey
Search for more papers by this authorEnder Can
Department of Pediatrics, Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkey
Search for more papers by this authorMustafa Parildar
Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey
Search for more papers by this authorEmel E. Pala
Department of Pathology, Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkey
Search for more papers by this authorMehmet Helvaci
Department of Pediatrics, Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkey
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