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Case Reports
. 2014 Nov;15(7):878-9.
doi: 10.5811/westjem.2014.8.23564. Epub 2014 Sep 24.

Intragastric balloon rupture

George Lim  1 , Braden Hexom  1
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Case Reports

Intragastric balloon rupture

George Lim et al. West J Emerg Med. 2014 Nov.
No abstract available

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Patient’s blue urine after intragastric balloon rupture.
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