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Meckel's diverticulitis: a rare etiology of an acute abdomen during pregnancySergio Huerta
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center VA North Texas Health Care System, Dallas, 75216, USA
Curr Surg 63:290-3. 2006..The usual lesion affecting a patient with MD and a review of the literature on other unusual causes of an acute abdomen in pregnancy is presented in the following report...
Bowel perforation from bevacizumab for the treatment of metastatic colon cancer: incidence, etiology, and managementJohn H Heinzerling
Department of Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
Curr Surg 63:334-7. 2006..Bowel perforation is a known risk factor of unknown etiology associated with the use of Avastin. In this report, the incidence, risk factors, typical presentation, and management of patients with this complication is described...
Vitamin A deficiency in a newborn resulting from maternal hypovitaminosis A after biliopancreatic diversion for the treatment of morbid obesitySergio Huerta
UCLA Center for Human Nutrition, Los Angeles 90095 1742, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 76:426-9. 2002..This procedure has the theoretical advantage that patients retain normal eating capacity and lose weight irrespective of their eating habits. However, vitamin deficiencies may develop because BPD causes malabsorption...
