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World J Gastroenterol. Dec 28, 2005; 11(48): 7686-7687
Published online Dec 28, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i48.7686
Recurrent severe gastrointestinal bleeding and malabsorption due to extensive habitual megacolon
Ingo Mecklenburg, Markus Leibig, Christof Weber, Stefan Schmidbauer, Christian Folwaczny
Ingo Mecklenburg, Christian Folwaczny, Department of Gastroenterology and Endoscopy, Medizinische Poliklinik, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
Markus Leibig, Department of Cardiology, Medizinische Poliklinik, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
Christof Weber, Institute for Clinical Radiology, Klinikum Innenstadt, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
Stefan Schmidbauer, Department of Surgery, Klinikum Innenstadt, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
Author contributions: All authors contributed equally to the work.
Correspondence to: Dr. Christian Folwaczny, Medizinische Poliklinik, Klinikum Innenstadt, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Pettenkoferstr. 8a, 80336 Munich, Germany. christian.folwaczny@med.uni-muenchen.de
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Received: March 1, 2005
Revised: August 1, 2005
Accepted: August 3, 2005
Published online: December 28, 2005
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