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Small Bowel Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor (GIST) Presenting with Liver Abscesses

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    Rita Vale Rodrigues, João Pereira da Silva & António Dias Pereira

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Vale Rodrigues, R., Pereira da Silva, J. & Dias Pereira, A. Small Bowel Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor (GIST) Presenting with Liver Abscesses. J Gastrointest Canc 47, 497–501 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12029-015-9793-1

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