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Reply to the letter “Gastrointestinal pacemaker cell tumor” by B. Eyden

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Wegmann, W., Schmid, S. Reply to the letter “Gastrointestinal pacemaker cell tumor” by B. Eyden. Virchows Arch 438, 634 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004280100415

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