Idiopathic myointimal hyperplasia of the mesenteric veins: a rare and poorly understood disease
Ali Mohtashami MBBS, MMed
Department of Colorectal Surgery, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia
Contribution: Conceptualization, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorSarit Badiani MBBS, FRACS
Department of Colorectal Surgery, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia
Search for more papers by this authorJuanita Noeline Chui MD, MPhil
Department of Colorectal Surgery, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia
Search for more papers by this authorKeshani De Silva MBBS, FRCPA
Department of Anatomical Pathology, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia
Contribution: Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorYasser Salama MBBS, FRACS
Department of Colorectal Surgery, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia
Search for more papers by this authorAli Mohtashami MBBS, MMed
Department of Colorectal Surgery, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia
Contribution: Conceptualization, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorSarit Badiani MBBS, FRACS
Department of Colorectal Surgery, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia
Search for more papers by this authorJuanita Noeline Chui MD, MPhil
Department of Colorectal Surgery, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia
Search for more papers by this authorKeshani De Silva MBBS, FRCPA
Department of Anatomical Pathology, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia
Contribution: Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorYasser Salama MBBS, FRACS
Department of Colorectal Surgery, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia
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