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Research Article

Pinealectomy Does Not Affect the Healing of Experimental Colonic Anastomoses

Tarik Zafer Nursal Department of General Surgery, Hacettepe University Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
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Hakan Yakupoglu Department of Neurosurgery, Hacettepe University Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
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Nurten Renda Department of Biochemistry, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
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Erhan Hamaloglu Department of General Surgery, Hacettepe University Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
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Iskender Sayek Department of General Surgery, Hacettepe University Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
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Demirali Onat Department of General Surgery, Hacettepe University Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
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Selcuk Palaoglu Department of Neurosurgery, Hacettepe University Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
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Tayfun Enünlü Hacettepe University Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
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Pages 61-68 | Published online: 09 Jul 2009

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