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Small Bowel Intussusception Caused by a Jejunal Polyp in Peutz–Jeghers Syndrome: A Case Treated with Double Balloon Enteroscopy

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    Sung Jun Choi

  2. Department of Gastroenterology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea

    Sung Jae Shin, Jeong Woo Choi, Jae Chun Song, Sun Gyo Lim, Kee Myung Lee & Jin Hong Kim

  3. Department of Gastroenterology, Ajou University School of Medicine, San 5, Wonchon-dong, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon, 443-721, Korea

    Sung Jae Shin

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Choi, S.J., Shin, S.J., Choi, J.W. et al. Small Bowel Intussusception Caused by a Jejunal Polyp in Peutz–Jeghers Syndrome: A Case Treated with Double Balloon Enteroscopy. Dig Dis Sci 56, 915–918 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-010-1325-z

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