Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Volume 67, Issue 3 , Pages 561-563 , March 2008

EUS with EMR of an inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the stomach

Received 7 February 2007 ,Accepted 16 June 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2007.06.031

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Volume 67, Issue 3 , Pages 561-563 , March 2008

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