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Intestinal metaplasia and colonization of endometriosis in a case of an appendiceal mucinous neoplasm

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  1. Department of Pathology, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, 9000, Ghent, Belgium

    Louis Libbrecht, Karel Geboes, Claude Cuvelier & Liesbeth Ferdinande

  2. Department of Gastroenterology, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, 9000, Ghent, Belgium

    Christophe Snauwaert & Martine De Vos

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Libbrecht, L., Snauwaert, C., De Vos, M. et al. Intestinal metaplasia and colonization of endometriosis in a case of an appendiceal mucinous neoplasm. Virchows Arch 461, 227–229 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00428-012-1264-5

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