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Histologically Confirmed IgG4-Related Small Intestinal Lesions Diagnosed via Double Balloon Enteroscopy

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The authors would like to express thanks to Dr Joseph Onyiah for giving us fruitful comments and editing the English language.

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  1. Departments of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, School of Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45, Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8519, Japan

    Kyohei Fujita, Makoto Naganuma, Eiko Saito, Shinji Suzuki, Akihiro Araki & Mamoru Watanabe

  2. Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan

    Mariko Negi & Hiroshi Kawachi

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Fujita, K., Naganuma, M., Saito, E. et al. Histologically Confirmed IgG4-Related Small Intestinal Lesions Diagnosed via Double Balloon Enteroscopy. Dig Dis Sci 57, 3303–3306 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-012-2267-4

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