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CASE REPORT: Suddenly Accelerated Growth of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor of Remnant Stomach

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  1. Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Japan

    Kayoko Shimizu, Hideki Koga, Masaharu Takeda & Ken Haruma

  2. Department of Pathology, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Japan

    Yoshiki Mikami

  3. Department of Surgery, Division of Gastroenterological Surgery, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Japan

    Tsukasa Tsunoda

  4. Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

    Mitsuo Iida

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Shimizu, K., Koga, H., Takeda, M. et al. CASE REPORT: Suddenly Accelerated Growth of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor of Remnant Stomach. Dig Dis Sci 48, 1106–1109 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1023716812934

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