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Gastrointestinal Disorders

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Primary Care in Obstetrics and Gynecology

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Our primary focus will not be on topics such as acute disease, appendicitis, hernias, massive bleeding, or hematemesis. The diagnosis and management of these entities are either obvious or outside the scope of routine office care. We will, instead, concentrate on gallbladder disease, and conditions affecting the stomach, small and large bowel, colon, and rectum.

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  1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Missouri, Truman Medical Center, Kansas City, MO, 64108, USA

    Roger P. Smith MD (Professor, Vice Chair and Program Director)

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Smith, R.P. (2007). Gastrointestinal Disorders. In: Primary Care in Obstetrics and Gynecology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-32328-2_16

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