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World J Gastroenterol. Nov 21, 2008; 14(43): 6711-6716
Published online Nov 21, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.6711
Published online Nov 21, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.6711
Non-traumatic splenic rupture: Report of seven cases and review of the literature
Ercan Gedik, Sadullah Girgin, Mustafa Aldemir, Celalettin Keles, Department of General Surgery, University of Dicle, Diyarbakir 21280, Turkey
Mehmet Cudi Tuncer, Department of Anatomy, University of Dicle, Diyarbakir 21280, Turkey
Ayfer Aktas, Department of Histology and Embryology, University of Dicle, Diyarbakir 21280, Turkey
Author contributions: Gedik E and Girgin S contributed equally to this work; Gedik E, Girgin S, Aldemir M and Tuncer MC designed and performed the research; Gedik E, Girgin S, Keles C analyzed the data; Tuncer MC and Aktas A performed histopathological examination; Gedik E, Girgin S and Tuncer MC wrote the paper.
Correspondence to: Ercan Gedik, MD, Department of General Surgery, Dicle of University, Diyarbakir 21280, Turkey. egedik@dicle.edu.tr
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Received: May 18, 2008
Revised: July 6, 2008
Accepted: July 13, 2008
Published online: November 21, 2008
Revised: July 6, 2008
Accepted: July 13, 2008
Published online: November 21, 2008
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