Gastroduodenal ulceration after selective internal radiation therapy of liver tumor

Endoscopy 2012; 44(S 02): E354-E355
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1310023

Unusual cases and technical notes

I. Wallstabe

¹Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Klinikum St Georg, Delitzscher Straße, Leipzig, Germany

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G. Bakos

²Department of Pathology und Tumor Diagnostics, Klinikum St Georg, Delitzscher Straße, Leipzig, Germany

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A. Plötner

²Department of Pathology und Tumor Diagnostics, Klinikum St Georg, Delitzscher Straße, Leipzig, Germany

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A. Kretzschmar

³Department of Oncology und Haematology, Klinikum St Georg, Delitzscher Straße, Leipzig, Germany

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D. Wegner

⁴Specialist Practice in Gastroenterology, Leipzig, Germany

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K. Hohdorf

⁵Specialist Practice in Nuclear Medicine, Leipzig, Germany

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J. Scheibe

⁶Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Klinikum St Georg, Delitzscher Straße, Leipzig, Germany

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