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Corticosteroid-Responsive Cronkhite-Canada Syndrome Complicated by Thrombosis

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Acknowledgments

The authors are indebted to Dr. Janice Nicklas of the University of Vermont, Burlington, for searching for mutations of the PTEN gene, to Dr. Michael Manns of the Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Germany, for performing autoantibody determinations, to Dr. Paul Mayer of the University of Vermont for endoscopy expertise, to Dr. James Vecchio of the University of Vermont for performing and interpreting the capsule endoscopy, and to Dr. Hiroki Takahashi of Jikei University, Tokyo, for researching the Japanese-language literature.

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    Joanna E. Sampson, Maureen L. Harmon, Mary Cushman & Edward L. Krawitt

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Sampson, J.E., Harmon, M.L., Cushman, M. et al. Corticosteroid-Responsive Cronkhite-Canada Syndrome Complicated by Thrombosis. Dig Dis Sci 52, 1137–1140 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-006-9375-y

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