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Impending megacolon: small bowel distension as a predictor of toxic megacolon in ulcerative colitis

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  1. Department of Infectious, Respiratory and Digestive Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, 207 Uehara, Nishihara, Okinawa, 903-0215, Japan

    Akira Hokama, Kazuto Kishimoto & Jiro Fujita

  2. Department of Endoscopy, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan

    Tetsuya Ohira & Fukunori Kinjo

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Hokama, A., Ohira, T., Kishimoto, K. et al. Impending megacolon: small bowel distension as a predictor of toxic megacolon in ulcerative colitis. Intern Emerg Med 7, 487–488 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-012-0834-5

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