Case Report
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World J Gastroenterol. Oct 21, 2008; 14(39): 6087-6092
Published online Oct 21, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.6087
Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis following alpha-glucosidase inhibitor treatment: A case report and review of the literature
Tatsuhiro Tsujimoto, Erika Shioyama, Kei Moriya, Hideto Kawaratani, Yasuyo Shirai, Masahisa Toyohara, Akira Mitoro, Jun-ichi Yamao, Hisao Fujii, Hiroshi Fukui
Tatsuhiro Tsujimoto, Erika Shioyama, Kei Moriya, Hideto Kawaratani, Yasuyo Shirai, Masahisa Toyohara, Akira Mitoro, Jun-ichi Yamao, Hiroshi Fukui, Third Department of Internal Medicine, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara 634-8522, Japan
Hisao Fujii, Department of Endoscopy and Ultrasound, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara 634-8522, Japan
Author contributions: Tsujimoto T and Shioyama E designed the work; Tsujimoto T wrote the article; Shioyama E, Moriya K, Kawaratani H, Shirai Y, Toyohara M, Mitoro A and Yamao J followed up the patient; Fujii H and Fukui H reviewed the article.
Correspondence to: Tatsuhiro Tsujimoto, MD, PhD, Third Department of Internal Medicine, Nara Medical University, 840 Shijo-cho, Kashihara, Nara 634-8522, Japan. tat-tyan@xa2.so-net.ne.jp
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Received: July 28, 2008
Revised: September 24, 2008
Accepted: October 1, 2008
Published online: October 21, 2008
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