Acute Fulminant Necrotizing Amoebic Colitis with Multifocal Colonic Perforation in a Developed Country

Acute Fulminant Necrotizing Amoebic Colitis with Multifocal Colonic Perforation in a Developed Country — a Case Report

Published:2023-02-17 Issue:1 Volume:5 Page:
ISSN:2523-8973
Container-title:SN Comprehensive Clinical Medicine
language:en
Short-container-title:SN Compr. Clin. Med.

Author:

Chin Ken Min,En Wee Liang,Tan Emile Kwong-Wei,Chow Chun Yuen,Ng Yvonne Ying-Ru^ORCID

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Subject

General Medicine

Link

https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s42399-023-01422-2.pdf

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