Postgastrectomy protein-losing cytomegalovirus jejunitis in an immunocompromised patient

Endoscopy 2014; 46(S 01): E427-E428
DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1377433

Cases and Techniques Library (CTL)

Philip Roelandt

¹Gastroenterology Department, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

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Helene Poels

¹Gastroenterology Department, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

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Ester Meeus

²Pathology Department, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

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Eric Van Cutsem

³Digestive Oncology Department, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

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Hans Prenen

³Digestive Oncology Department, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

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