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Sigmoid colon

Known as: COLON, SIGMOID, An S-shaped section of the colon, colon sigmoid 
The portion of the colon that connects to the descending colon above and the rectum below.(On-line Medical Dictionary)
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Blood supply aspectsBody partChromoscopyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium Terminology

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Colon structure (body structure)Female pelvisGastrointestinal systemHindgut

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1991
1991
Vestibular neurotomy by retrosigmoid approach: technique, indications, and results.
During the past 15 years, 96 retrosigmoid vestibular neurotomies have been used in the surgical management of incapacitating… 
1983
1983
Resistance of human erythrocytes containing elevated levels of vitamin E to radiation-induced hemolysis.
Human erythrocytes were isolated from the blood of healthy donors and then incubated in the presence of suspensions of alpha… 
1976
1976
Acute toxicity of selenium dioxide to freshwater fishes
Acute toxicity tests of selenium dioxide were conducted for 96 to 336 hr in intermittent-flow bioassay systems using six species… 
1973
1973
Hartmann Procedure for Carcinoma of the Sigmoid and Rectum
1968
1968
Benign ulcer of the sigmoid colon. An unusual lesion that can simulate carcinoma.
Simple benign ulceration of the colon is an unusual condition that may simulate carcinoma clinically and radiologically, and… 
1967
1967
The inhibition of skeletal-muscle fructose 1,6-diphosphatase by adenosine monophosphate.
1. The present study extends the finding of Krebs & Woodford (1965) that muscle fructose diphosphatase is more sensitive to AMP… 
1952
1952
Ligation of the interior mesenteric artery at the aorta in resections for carcinoma of the sigmoid and rectum.
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1951
Highly Cited
1951
The Effect of Ionizing Radiations on the Broad Bean Root. Part VIII
After exposures lasting a few minutes to doses of γ radiation up to 250 rontgens, X radiation up to 140 rontgens, and of… 
1950
1950
Meningiomas of the cerebellar fossa.
M ENINGIOMAS of the eerebellar fossa, although few in number, deserve special s tudy as a group. They show certain characteristic… 
1948
1948
Polyps of the sigmoid occurring 30 years after bilateral ureterosigmoidostomy for exstrophy of the bladder; report of a case.