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World J Gastroenterol. Mar 7, 2012; 18(9): 960-964
Published online Mar 7, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i9.960
Synergistic effect of multiple predisposing risk factors on the development of bezoars
Metin Kement, Nuraydin Ozlem, Elif Colak, Sadik Kesmer, Cem Gezen, Selahattin Vural
Metin Kement, Nuraydin Ozlem, Elif Colak, Sadik Kesmer, Department of General Surgery, Samsun Education and Research Hospital, Samsun 55000, Turkey
Cem Gezen, Selahattin Vural, Department of General Surgery, Kartal Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul 34865, Turkey
Author contributions: Kement M and Ozlem N designed the research; Kement M, Colak E and Kesmer S performed the research; Gezen C and Vural S contributed analytic tools; Kement M wrote the paper.
Correspondence to: Metin Kement, MD, Department of General Surgery, Samsun Education and Research Hospital, Samsun 55000, Turkey. mkement@yahoo.com
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Received: June 23, 2011
Revised: September 25, 2011
Accepted: January 7, 2012
Published online: March 7, 2012
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