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Regression of Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor of the Gastrointestinal Tract Under Infliximab Treatment

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  1. First Department of Internal Medicine, Papageorgiou General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece

    Georgios Germanidis MD, Ioannis Xanthakis MD & Emmanouil Pagkalos MD

  2. Department of Radiology, Papageorgiou General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece

    Ioannis Tsitouridis MD

  3. Laboratory of Pathology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

    Thomas Zaramboukas MD

  4. First Department of Surgery, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Papageorgiou General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece

    Dimitrios Kiskinis MD, Christos Konstantaras MD, Spiros Miliaras MD & Theodoros Sirakos MD

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Germanidis, G., Xanthakis, I., Tsitouridis, I. et al. Regression of Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor of the Gastrointestinal Tract Under Infliximab Treatment. Dig Dis Sci 50, 262–265 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-005-1593-1

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