Case Reports
Gastric Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumors in Children: An Unpredictable Course
Thierry Lazure, Sophie Ferlicot, Frédéric Gauthier,
François Doz, Jérôme Couturier,
Monique Fabre,
Pierre Bedossa,
Frédéric Gauthier
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Hôpital Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, Paris, France
Search for more papers by this authorJérôme Couturier
Department of Pathology, Institut Curie, Paris, France
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Monique Fabre
Department of Pathology, Paris, France
Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Monique Fabre, Service d'Anatomie et Cytologie Pathologiques, CHU de Bicêtre, 78 rue du Général Leclerc, 94275 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre Cedex, France (e-mail: [email protected]).Search for more papers by this authorThierry Lazure, Sophie Ferlicot, Frédéric Gauthier,
François Doz, Jérôme Couturier,
Monique Fabre,
Pierre Bedossa,
Frédéric Gauthier
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Hôpital Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, Paris, France
Search for more papers by this authorJérôme Couturier
Department of Pathology, Institut Curie, Paris, France
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Monique Fabre
Department of Pathology, Paris, France
Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Monique Fabre, Service d'Anatomie et Cytologie Pathologiques, CHU de Bicêtre, 78 rue du Général Leclerc, 94275 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre Cedex, France (e-mail: [email protected]).Search for more papers by this author
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