International Journal of Gerontology
Volume 1, Issue 2 , Pages 77-82 , June 2007

Acute Abdominal Pain in the Elderly

  • Ching-Chih Chang

      Affiliations

    • Taipei Municipal Gan-Dau Hospital, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Sun-Sang Wang

      Affiliations

    • Taipei Municipal Gan-Dau Hospital, Taiwan
    • National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taiwan
    • Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Sun-Sang Wang, Taipei Municipal Gan-Dau Hospital, 12, Lane 225, Zhi-Sing Road, Taipei 112, Taiwan

,Accepted 10 February 2007.

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PII: S1873-9598(08)70026-7

doi: 10.1016/S1873-9598(08)70026-7

International Journal of Gerontology
Volume 1, Issue 2 , Pages 77-82 , June 2007

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