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Intussusception Caused by Yersinia enterocolitica Enterocolitis in a Patient with Sickle Cell Anemia

Yersinia enterocolitica intussusception is rarely encountered in patients without an underlying susceptibility and is most frequently reported in iron-overloaded patients. This is thought to be related to the unusual use of iron by this microorganism. We present a case of a 5-year old child with int...

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Autores principales: Gupta, Geetanjali, Kumar, Shailesh, Singh, Reecha, Shanmugasamy, Kathirvelu
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Libertas Academica 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2999996/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21151549