Abdominal Pain and Bilious Vomiting With a Dilated Duodenum and Stomach in a Five-Year-Old Boy.

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Department of Pediatrics, Showa General Hospital, Tokyo, Japan; Department of Neuromuscular Research, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan.

Published: August 2024


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