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Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 626393, 4 pages
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Case Report

A Case of Colorectal Cancer during Pregnancy: A Brief Review of the Literature

Sepideh Khodaverdi,1 Ali Kord Valeshabad,2 and Maryam Khodaverdi1

1Research Development Center, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, P.O. Box 14155-6447, Tehran, Iran
2Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA

Received 19 October 2012; Accepted 27 December 2012

Academic Editors: E. C. Nwosu, O. Picone, and K. Takeuchi

Copyright © 2013 Sepideh Khodaverdi et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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