Malakoplakia Masquerading as Ulcerative Colitis in an Immunocompetent Child
Asit Arora
Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, GB Pant Hospital, New Delhi, India
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Sundeep S. Saluja
Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, GB Pant Hospital, New Delhi, India
Address correspondence and reprint requests to Sundeep S. Saluja, Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, G.B. Pant Hospital and Maulana Azad Medical College, 2, Jawaharlal Nehru Marg, New Delhi 110002, India (e-mail: [email protected]).Search for more papers by this authorVaishali Bhardwaj
Department of Gastroenterology, GB Pant Hospital, New Delhi, India
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Department of Pathology, GB Pant Hospital, New Delhi, India
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Department of Pediatrics, Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi, India
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Department of Gastroenterology, GB Pant Hospital, New Delhi, India
Search for more papers by this authorAsit Arora
Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, GB Pant Hospital, New Delhi, India
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Sundeep S. Saluja
Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, GB Pant Hospital, New Delhi, India
Address correspondence and reprint requests to Sundeep S. Saluja, Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, G.B. Pant Hospital and Maulana Azad Medical College, 2, Jawaharlal Nehru Marg, New Delhi 110002, India (e-mail: [email protected]).Search for more papers by this authorVaishali Bhardwaj
Department of Gastroenterology, GB Pant Hospital, New Delhi, India
Search for more papers by this authorManju Singh
Department of Pathology, GB Pant Hospital, New Delhi, India
Search for more papers by this authorAnkur Singh
Department of Pediatrics, Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi, India
Search for more papers by this authorAmrender S. Puri
Department of Gastroenterology, GB Pant Hospital, New Delhi, India
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