Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 71, Issue 2 , Pages 96-99 , February 2008

Adenomyoma of the Jejunum—A Rare Cause of Gastrointestinal Bleeding

  • Hsien-Chung Yu

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Gin-Ho Lo

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Kwok-Hung Lai

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Kwok-Hung Lai, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, 386, Ta-Chung 1st Road, Kaohsiung 813, Taiwan, R.O.C
    • ,
  • Ping-I Hsu

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • I-Shu Chen

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Pin-Pen Hsieh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung and Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Received 5 June 2007 ,Accepted 28 September 2007.

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PII: S1726-4901(08)70082-0

doi: 10.1016/S1726-4901(08)70082-0

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 71, Issue 2 , Pages 96-99 , February 2008

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