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Colonic Gastrointestinal Autonomic Nervous Tumor in a Patient with Crohn’s Disease

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  1. Departments of Gastroenterology, Hospital São João, Faculty of Medicine, Portugal

    Fernando Tavarela Veloso PhD & Pedro Pereira MD

  2. Departments of Surgery, Hospital São João, Faculty of Medicine, Portugal

    António Saraiva PhD

  3. Departments of Pathology, Hospital São João, Faculty of Medicine, Portugal

    Ana Filipa Capelinha MD & Josó Manuel Lopes PhD

  4. Departments of IPATIMUP Porto, Portugal

    Josó Manuel Lopes PhD

  5. Rua Valente Araújo 829, 3880-037, Ovar, Portugal

    Pedro Pereira MD

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Veloso, F.T., Pereira, P., Saraiva, A. et al. Colonic Gastrointestinal Autonomic Nervous Tumor in a Patient with Crohn’s Disease. Dig Dis Sci 50, 1476–1480 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-005-2865-5

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