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Colonic Endometriosis Presenting as a Sigmoid Stricture Requiring Laparoscopic Colonic Surgery for Diagnosis and Treatment

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  1. Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, William Beaumont Hospital, MOB 602, 3535 W. Thirteen Mile Road, Royal Oak, MI, 48073, USA

    Borko Nojkov, Michael C. Duffy & Mitchell S. Cappell

  2. Oakland University William Beaumont Hospital School of Medicine, Royal Oak, MI, 48073, USA

    Mitual Amin & Mitchell S. Cappell

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Borko Nojkov and Mitchell S. Cappell share equal authorship. Mitual Amin was the author responsible for the pathology.

This paper does not discuss any confidential drug data reviewed by Dr. Cappell as a member of the FDA Advisory Committee on Gastrointestinal Drugs.

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Nojkov, B., Duffy, M.C., Amin, M. et al. Colonic Endometriosis Presenting as a Sigmoid Stricture Requiring Laparoscopic Colonic Surgery for Diagnosis and Treatment. Dig Dis Sci 58, 3368–3373 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-013-2771-1

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