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Endoscopic therapy of small-bowel polyps by double-balloon enteroscopy in patients with Peutz-Jeghers syndrome.
Gastrointestinal endoscopy - 1 Apr 2010
Gao Hong, van Lier Margot G, Poley Jan Werner, Kuipers Ernst J, van Leerdam Monique E, Mensink Peter B
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BACKGROUND: Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (PJS) is a hereditary disorder characterized by mucocutaneous pigmentations and hamartomatous polyps mainly in the small bowel. These polyps may cause complications such as intussusception. OBJECTIVE: To assess therapeutic efficacy and safety of double-balloon e...
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