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Emergency presentation of colorectal cancer in Northwestern Saudi Arabia

Ibrahim A. Albalawi, Ahmad A. Abdullah and Mohammed E. Mohammed
Saudi Medical Journal May 2017, 38 (5) 528-533; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2017.5.17719
Ibrahim A. Albalawi
From the Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tabuk, Tabuk, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
MD, FRCSI
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Ahmad A. Abdullah
From the Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tabuk, Tabuk, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
MD, MRCSEd
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Mohammed E. Mohammed
From the Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tabuk, Tabuk, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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