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Original article| Volume 6, ISSUE 5, P579-587, May 1929

Phytobezoar associated with gastric ulcer

Especial reference to persimmon bezoar with report of a case
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      Abstract

      A résumé of the bezoars is presented.
      A case of persimmon bezoar associated with gastric ulcer is reported.
      Fourteen similar cases from the literature are briefly reviewed.
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