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Case Reports

Acute Afferent Loop Syndrome: a True Emergency. A Case Report

K.D. BallasAristotle’s University of Thessaloniki, 2nd Prop. Department of Surgery
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S.F. RafailidisAristotle’s University of Thessaloniki, 2nd Prop. Department of Surgery
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H.D. KonstantinidisAristotle’s University of Thessaloniki, 2nd Prop. Department of Surgery
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T.E. PavlidisAristotle’s University of Thessaloniki, 2nd Prop. Department of Surgery
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G.N. MarakisAristotle’s University of Thessaloniki, 2nd Prop. Department of Surgery
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E. AnagnostaraAristotle’s University of Thessaloniki, 2nd Prop. Department of SurgeryView further author information
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A.K. SakadamisDepartment of Anaesthesiology Hippokration General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
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Pages 101-103 | Published online: 11 Mar 2016

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