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World J Gastrointest Surg. Apr 27, 2011; 3(4): 54-55
Published online Apr 27, 2011. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v3.i4.54
Published online Apr 27, 2011. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v3.i4.54
Trichobezoar: A rare cause of bowel obstruction
Sébastien Gaujoux, Gaëlle Godiris-Petit, Nicolas Munoz-Bongrand, Pierre Cattan, Emile Sarfati, Department of Digestive Surgery, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, and University Paris 7, 75010 Paris, France
Gaëlle Bach, Department of Radiology, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, and University Paris 7, 75010 Paris, France
Joyce Au, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, United States
Author contributions: Munoz-Bongrand N, Cattan P and Sarfati E designed the research; Gaujoux S, Godiris-Petit G and Bach G performed the research; Gaujoux S and Au J wrote the paper; Cattan P and Sarfati E did the critical review.
Supported by A grant from the Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris (to Gaujoux S)
Correspondence to: Pierre Cattan, MD, PhD, Department of Digestive Surgery, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, 1 avenue Claude Vellefaux, 75010, Paris, France. pierre.cattan@sls.aphp.fr
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Received: November 8, 2010
Revised: March 24, 2011
Accepted: March 30, 2011
Published online: April 27, 2011
Revised: March 24, 2011
Accepted: March 30, 2011
Published online: April 27, 2011
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